Hyderabad, December 12: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah today appeared to have staved off a resignation threat by 20 ministers belonging to coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions in protest against the division of the state.
“I too will have to quit my post in the event of your resignation,” Rosaiah reportedly told the ministers who sought to put in their papers in support of a unified state.
The ministers, under immense pressure from their constituents to quit following the Centre’s decision to create a separate state of Telangana, met in a star hotel here this afternoon and decided to step down.
They asked three of their colleagues to communicate their decision to the Chief Minister.
–Agencies