Hyderabad, September 29: As many as 32 MLAs of Telugu Desam Party hailing from Telangana region on Wednesday submitted their resignations afresh demanding statehood for the region.
Earlier, the members of TDP Telangana Forum met at the TDP Legislature Party office in the Assembly premises to discuss the strategy. After about seven hours of deliberations, the members concluded that all MLAs from the region must resign en masses for the cause of Telangana. They also consulted the party president N Chandrababu Naidu over the issue and informed him about their decision.
The TDP MLAs then submitted their resignation letters to the Assembly Secretary Raja Sadaram as the Speaker Nadendla Manohar was out of station.
Later, talking to reporters Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao said that their resignations would ultimately lead to by-polls. However, he said that it would have created a major constitutional crisis if the Congress MLAs from Telangana region too would have resigned to their posts. He said the TDP leaders were ready to sacrifice everything for the cause of Telangana and they would be intensifying their agitation.
Kamareddy MLA Gampa Goverdhan abstained from the meet confirming the reports that he would be joining the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
——-Agencies