Telangana issue disrupts Lok Sabha
The disruptions came six days after eight Congress MPs were suspended for disturbing the House consistently on the issue. The Congress members, who were suspended on April 24 for four days, were not present.
Soon after Lok Sabha assembled for the day, two TRS - members Vijayashanti and K Chandrasekhara Rao - raised slogans for Telangana statehood, a demand endorsed by Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj, who asked the government to list the steps taken by it on the issue.
As the TRS members squatted in the Well and raised slogans, Swaraj said she was pained at the sight of members protesting in the Well despite questions being answered and pointed out that eight members have already been suspended on the issue.
Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the House till noon when Swaraj sought adjournment of the Question Hour to allow Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee to make a statement on the Telangana issue.
When the House reassembled at noon, TRS members again came into the Well raising slogans and demanding that the government make a statement on the matter.
The two members continued slogan-shouting but walked out when JD-U leader Sharad Yadav raised the issue of farmers' plight during Zero Hour. In the beginning of his speech, Yadav also extended support to the cause of separate Telangana. (MORE) PTI SKU ARC AKK