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Telangana storm hits RS New Delhi, February 19 There were angry reactions from Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, who was in the seat, as MPs from Andhra Pradesh made efforts to snatch the papers. TDP‘s CM Ramesh and his party colleague YS Chowdhary, who were opposing the Telangana Bill, stormed the Well as soon as the House met at noon after one adjournment. As soon as Kurien asked the Secretary General to read out the message from the Lok Sabha pertaining to the Telangana Bill, Ramesh tried to snatch the papers. In the process, the TDP MP ended up hitting Sheriff on the chin. "You can't attack the staff. Very unfortunate," said Kurien as there was an exchange of words between him and Ramesh. Security staff of Parliament rushed to help the Secretary General as Ramesh kept shouting against the passage of the Bill in the Lok Sabha. Immediately, the House was adjourned till 2 pm. When the House reassembled, Kurien said Ramesh’s behaviour was "highly deplorable and unbecoming of the member". He said it amounted to breach of privilege of the House. Ramesh then rose to say his action was not intentional but only emotional and later apologised. "I regret this and am feeling sorry, I apologise for this incident," he said. Bill not taken up
BJP’s stand
The BJP has raised the issue of the need to have a Constitutional amendment for splitting Andhra Pradesh in view of the fact that the Reorganisation Bill provides for conferring law and order powers on the Governor, which may going against the provisions of the Constitution
Flanked by eight cabinet colleagues and over a dozen MLAs and MLCs from Seemandhra region, Kiran termed the decision to divide the state as "undemocratic" and condemned the "shady deal" between the Congress and BJP on passage of the Bill in Parliament. Kiran (53), who was picked by the Congress high command to take over the reins of the state in November 2010, remained evasive about reports of his plans to launch a party. "It is not my future or political career at stake. The interests of Telugu people on the two sides are at stake and I have decided to quit to protest against unilateral manner in which the party leadership went ahead with bifurcation," he said at a press conference.With Kiran making it clear that he would not continue as caretaker Chief Minister, the state appears headed for President's Rule. "I will request Governor to make alternate arrangements at the earliest. It is difficult for me to continue in the post," he said. Ever since the Congress Working Committee (CWC) announced its decision on July 30 last year to carve out Telangana, Kiran has been openly defying the party. He was also instrumental in the Assembly rejecting the draft Telangana Bill referred to it by President Pranab Mukherjee. "They presented the Telangana Bill like robbers, hiding it from people. Nowhere has a Bill rejected by a state Assembly been passed by Parliament," he said. Recalling his family's long association with the Congress, Kiran said, "This is not an easy decision ... I have taken it with a lot of pain that I could not save the unity of Telugu people." He said he had offered to quit on the day the CWC decided to bifurcate AP but was asked by Sonia Gandhi to continue. "I stayed on to fight against the bifurcation till the end," he said.
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Hyderabad, February 19