Telangana issue rocks Lok Sabha

May 02, 2012 12:30 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 11:33 pm IST - New Delhi

Members of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh protesting at Parliament House for a separate Telangana state in New Delhi. File photo: V.V. Krishnan

Members of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh protesting at Parliament House for a separate Telangana state in New Delhi. File photo: V.V. Krishnan

The Telangana issue rocked the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with Speaker Meira Kumar adjourning the House till noon as Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members aggressively raised slogans asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to make a statement.

As soon as the Speaker made obituary references to the victims of the Dhubri boat tragedy and other accidents, TRS members K Chandrasekhara Rao and Vijayashanti and TDP member Ramesh Rathore trooped to the Well waving placards.

TDP leader Nama Nageshwar Rao was seen standing in the aisle with a banner in support of a separate Telangana.

The agitating members continued to raise slogans as the Speaker went ahead with the Question Hour.

Irked over Chair’s determination to go ahead with the proceedings, Vijayashanti stepped up the charge by addressing the Prime Minister and demanded that he tell the House when a separate Telangana would be carved out.

Singh was seen exchanging notes with Leader of the House and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had just entered the House and taken her seat.

As slogan shouting continued, the Speaker adjourned the House till noon.

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