Jaganmohan Reddy quits as MP, mother Vijaya resigns from Andhra assembly

YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday quit as the Member of Parliament (MP) and his mother Y S Vijaya resigned from the assembly in protest over the likely bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh had earlier said the committee constituted by the ruling party under the chairmanship of Defence Minister A.K. Antony shall look at all concerns arising out of the proposed formation of a separate state of Telangana.

The YSR Congress Party had on Friday asked Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to quit office if the decision to carve out a separate state of Telangana was taken without consulting him.

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister had written a letter to the Congress President, asking her not to divide the state.

Asking the Centre keep Andhra Pradesh united, more and more groups of people like auto rickshaw drivers, hotel managers associations are taking part in the protest demonstrations being held across the two regions of Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that the process for the formation of the new state of Telangana would take about five to six months as per constitutional norms.

"The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has passed a resolution and further procedure will be done according to the Constitution of India. Telangana will be formed by following all the procedures and it would take five to six months," he said.

He also added that Telangana was being formed because it was the oldest issue and the people of that region have been agitating and demanding the formation of a separate state since 1956.