Telangana demand raised in Lok Sabha

Demand endorsed by BJP which wants a Bill for separate Telangana state be brought in current session.

The demand for a separate Telangana state was today raised in the Lok Sabha by several Congress members from Andhra Pradesh.

Immediately after the Question Hour,the members including Ponnam Prabhakar and M Jagannath,were on their feet seeking to raise the issue.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy tried in vain to pacify them and at one point was seen consulting party chief Sonia Gandhi.

Backing their demand,Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj said that a Bill for the formation of the separate Telangana state should be brought in the current session itself and her party would help in its passage.

There was no response from the government on her plea. The members were pacified when Speaker Meira Kumar assured them that one of them would be given a chance to raise the issue.

Incidentally,some Congress members from Andhra Pradesh had disrupted the Presidential address yesterday by raising pro-Telangana slogans. They had displayed pro-Telangana banners and shouted “Jai Telangana” and “We want Telangana”.

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