Andhra Assembly adjourned sine die, Cong MP held

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly has been adjourned sine die on Monday.

As soon as the day’s proceedings started at the state Assembly on Monday, the MLAs started shouting slogans in favour of united Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

The House began at 0900 hrs IST with Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy taking up the question hour.

As the Civil Supplies Minister J Krishna Rao was replying to the first listed questions from Congress, some members rose to their feet and raised slogans in favour of united state.

Government chief N Bhati Vikramaraka asked the members to take their seats while Speaker Reddy also appealed to them to let the House transact its business.

At that point, some TDP and Congress members also started raising slogans in favour of Telangana state.

Immediately the Speaker adjourned the proceedings for 30 minutes but after the situation didn’t come under control he declared that the House was adjourned sine die.

“With the concerned of the House, I adjourn the House sine die,” said the Speaker.

Meanwhile, the ministers belonging to all regions held a joint meeting in the Assembly committee Hall before the House started in a bid to find a solution to the ongoing crisis.

The meeting ended abruptly as the House proceedings began. After the House was adjourned the ministers went and met Chief Minister K Rosaiah.

Amidst all this chaos, Congress MP from Vijayawada L Rajagopal was taken into preventive custody at the Hyderabad airport.

He had threatened to go on an indefinite fast to protest against creation of a separate Telangana state.