Congress’ Telangana MPs refuse to withdraw resignations
July 31st, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 31 (IANS) On the eve of parliament’s monsoon session, the Congress party MPs from Telangana Sunday rejected the party leadership’s appeal to withdraw their resignations.
The MPs made it clear that there is no question of their withdrawing the resignations without a positive announcement on the demand for a separate Telangana state.
With the monsoon session beginning Monday, the central leadership of the Congress tried to persuade its MPs to take back their resignations.
Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is in charge of the party’s affairs in Andhra Pradesh, twice spoke to senior leader and Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao during the day to request that the party MPs withdraw their resignations.
“We will not be able to accept his request,” Keshava Rao told reporters after a meeting of MPs Sunday evening.
He said that if their resignations are kept pending, they will not attend parliament and if the resignations are rejected by the presiding officers, they would stall the proceedings.
Ten Lok Sabha members of the Congress and Keshava Rao submitted their resignations early this month to mount pressure on the central leadership to make a categorical statement on carving out a separate Telangana state.
Two MPs each of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have also submitted their resignations.
Recalling that the Congress party made several statements in favour of a separate state, Keshava Rao said it was not proper to delay the process in the name of consultations.
Earlier, Keshava Rao urged the Congress leadership to complete the consultations on the issue by Sep 17.
As many as 101 members of Andhra Pradesh assembly from Telangana region belonging to the Congress, the TDP, the TRS and the Communist Party of India (CPI) also submitted their resignations July 4.
The assembly speaker rejected all the resignations July 23 on the ground that they were tendered in an emotionally charged atmosphere.
- TRS MPs, another minister from Telangana quit - Jul 05, 2011
- Four more MPs, 16 legislators from Telangana resign (Lead) - Jul 05, 2011
- Movement for Telangana gathers momentum; cabinet meets (Intro Roundup) - Jul 05, 2011
- Crisis in Andhra as Telangana MPs, MLAs quit enmasse (Roundup) - Jul 04, 2011
- Speaker rejects resignation of 12 Telangana MPs - Nov 15, 2011
- TRS legislators to quit again as speaker rejects resignations - Jul 24, 2011
- Fasting Andhra Congress MPs refuse to let go - Dec 28, 2010
- Telangana Congress leaders to hold talks with Azad - Jul 25, 2011
- Congress MPs from Telangana resign - Jul 04, 2011
- Andhra speaker rejects resignations of 61 lawmakers - Nov 28, 2011
- Another Telangana MP resigns - Jul 07, 2011
- Crisis deepens as more Telangana lawmakers quit amid crippling strike (Roundup) - Jul 05, 2011
- Andhra Congress demands setting up of Telangana State - Dec 27, 2010
- Telangana Congress lawmakers firm on resignations - Jul 02, 2011
- Telangana movement set to enter crucial phase - Jun 30, 2011
Tags: andhra pradesh, assembly speaker, central leadership, communist party of india, congress leadership, congress party, general secretary, ghulam nabi azad, keshava, lok sabha members, monsoon session, party leadership, rajya sabha, rao, resignations, sabha member, tdp, telangana, telugu desam party, trs