Stepping up pressure for carving out a separate Telangana state, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs have decided to resign from the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The resignation of TRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao and three of his colleagues — Vinod Kumar, Ravindra Naik and T Madhusudan Reddy — would be followed by the resignation of 16 party MLAs and three MLCs from Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday. The announcement was made here on Sunday by Rao himself at a rally of the party which is spearheading the agitation for a separate Telangana state.
Criticise Sonia
Criticising Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rao charged the party, which fought elections along with the TRS on the issue, with ditching it after coming to power.
Rao also asked other party MLAs and MLCs, especially Congress, to resign their seats if they are committed to Telangana cause.