Telangana Bill Rejected in Assembly

The discussion on T-bill has been concluded and in a shocking move the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Thursday rejected the bill to create a separate Telangana state.Amid protests by legislators from Telangana, Speaker N Manohar announced that a resolution moved by Chief Minister N.

Kiran Kumar Reddy for rejecting the bill was carried and adjourned the house sine-die.The chief minister, who is strongly opposed to bifurcation, last Friday submitted a notice to the speaker for moving a resolution to reject the bill and send it back to the President with a request not to refer it to parliament.

While the legislators from Telangana wanted the speaker to reject the notice given CM for moving a resolution to reject the bill, their counterparts from Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra (Seemandhra) demanded that voting be conducted immediately on the bill.The Assembly Speaker held voting on the resolution moved by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy which sought to reject the Telangana Bill.

The Assembly passed the resolution by a voice vote The speaker also announced that he would be forwarding to the President the views expressed by 86 members who participated in the debate and also the written speeches submitted by other members The dramatic announcement by the speaker came after two adjournments since morning as legislators from Telangana stalled the proceedings demanding him to reject the notice given by the chief minister.