Hyderabad, March 10: The ruling Congress MLAs from Telangana region, who have been staying away from the legislature in support of the separate Telangana demand, today held a protest in the premises of the Assembly.
Holding placards, they assembled at the Gandhi statue in the Assembly premises and raised slogans in support of the separate statehood demand.
Congress MLA S Rajaiah told reporters that they would extend moral support to the ‘million march to Hyderabad’ called by the Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC) tomorrow.
Meanwhile, state ministers J Geeta Reddy and B Saraiah, both hailing from Telangana, have reportedly met the MLAs and urged them to attend the Assembly session.
The MLAs are, however, understood to have said that they would attend the session only after the ministers’ visit to Delhi to meet the party high command.
The state ministers from Telangana have sought an appointment with party president Sonia Gandhi to present their case for separate Telangana.
-Agencies