Hyderabad: In an attempt to stall a possible announcement by the Congress of formation of a Telangana state, eight members of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly Thursday sent their resignations to the assembly speaker.
The legislators from Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and Andhra regions) announced their resignations to mount pressure on the Congress to drop any move to divide the state.
With the Congress Working Committee likely to meet on Sunday to take a final decision on the demand for a separate Telangana state, seven legislators belonging to YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and one from the ruling Congress said they were quitting to keep the state united.
Seven legislators of YSRCP said they had faxed their resignation letters to assembly Speaker N Manohar. They are Gurunath Reddy (Annatapur), B Srinivasa Reddy (Ongole), Shoba Nagi Reddy (Allagadda), M Chandrasekhara Reddy (Udaigiri), N Prasanna Kumar Reddy (Kovuru), Amarnath Reddy (Rajampeta) and Srikant Reddy (Raichoti). Earlier, Congress legislator G Veeashiva Reddy had announced his resignation from the party and the assembly.
IANS
