TRS chief resigns as MP
December 24th, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Hours after Home Minister P. Chidambaram made a statement on the Telangana issue, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Wednesday resigned as MP while five party legislators also sent their resignations to the assembly speaker
Rao sent his resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar stressing the need to hold consultations with all political parties on the formation of a separate state.
TRS sources said KCR, as Rao is popularly known, faxed his resignation to protest the government move to put the Telangana issue on the backburner.
KCR, also a former union minister, sent the resignations immediately after announcing that all elected representatives of Telangana, irrespective of their party affiliations, would quit.
TRS has two members in the Lok Sabha. Five state legislators of TRS have also resigned.
They sent their resignations to assembly Speaker Kirankumar Reddy. The TRS has 10 members in 294-member assembly.
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