NEW DELHI, Apr 30: Slamming the Government for the delay in taking any action on the demand for creation of a separate state of Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh, the Opposition BJP today demanded that the Government come out with a definite response to the continuing agitation for it.
“Bring a Bill in Parliament, and we will support it,” Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj said in the Lok Sabha as the Telangana issue continued to disrupt the Question Hour in the House, leading to its adjournment till noon.
As the House assembled for the day, two Telangana Rashtria Samiti Members, its chief Chandrashekhar Rao and member Vijay Shanti came into the well and started sloganeering in favour of their demand.
The House has been witnessing similar protests for most of this session and also of the previous winter session too.
As the Question House proceedings became inaudible, Ms Swaraj stood up and urged Speaker Meira Kumar to heed to the demand of the Members who have been agitating in the House for a long time.
Ms Swaraj also urged the Speaker to adjourn the House for ten minutes to take up the issue and ask the Leader of the House Pranab
Mukherjee to respond to the demand.
“The Leader of the House should tell the Members what the Government was doing about Telangana. Bring Telangana Bill, and we
will support it,” she said.
Meanwhile, some other Members also started supporting Ms Swaraj’s
demand for the TRS Members to be given a chance to be listened to.
This issue along with the vociferous demand of the SP and BSP Members for reopening of the Mau cotton Mill increased the din to a
level when proceedings became inaudible and Ms Kumar finally adjourned the House till noon.(UNI)
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