‘A blot… disgraceful’

Whatever happened, it has crossed all limits… It now seems all that has happened is part of the design because Congress wanted to create pandemonium and commotion so that all members leave the Lok Sabha and then they could do a make-believe introduction of the Telangana Bill.

Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

What has happened has brought a bad name to Indian democracy… Today’s theatre of the absurd could have been avoided if the Congress leadership had done adequate homework.

Arun Jaitley, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha

Today the entire country has come to know why we, the Telangana people, want to be separated. Their (MPs’) behaviour was there for the country to see.

K Chandrasekhar Rao, TRS chief