Telangana Bill Passed

After much discussions,the most controversial Telangana bill passes in LokSabha through voice votes.The controversial Telangana Bill was tabled in the Lower House of the Parliament on Tuesday. The T-Bill has been causing rift in the parliament as the legislators from Seemandhra are hell bent on not letting the state bifurcation bill passed.

 "A sad day for the entire system," said Union minister Pallam Raju, Minister of State for Railways and West Bengal state Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury defends the decision to pass Telangana Bill in Lok Sabha. The Congress leader said the TMC is against the decision for it is worried over the Gorkhaland issue.

 "Hyderabad would help Telangana but who would help Seemandhra and Rayalaseema," asked Swaraj, adding there should be a provision for that. 'Pepper Spray' MP L Rajagopal resigned from Parliament and even decided to quit politics. He sent his resignation letter to Speaker Meira Kumar. Rajagopal said that the creation of Telangana would harm the federal structure of the country and the people of Andhra Pradesh would go through traumatic experience after this.

Veteran BJP leader LK Advani criticises the manner in which the bill was passed in the Parliament. He called it "perversion of democracy".Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav slammed the government over the move of barring telecast and also splitting the state into two.Resignations of Congress MLAs in Seemandhra have started.

 Two AP minister Ganta Srinivas Rao and Erasu Pratap Reddy resigned. Four MLAs Thota Trimurthulu (Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari district), YU Ramanamurthy Raju (Yelamanchili), Avanthi Srinivas (Bheemili, Visakhapatnam District), Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah (Gajuwaka, Visakha district) resigned from the Congress party .

 "It is a black day in the history of our country," said YSR Congress leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy, adding that democracy was killed in broad daylight. YSR Congress has called a strike in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Sharad Yadav to address media on Telangana bill. Sonia Gandhi leaves Parliament House, Congress MP Ponnam Prabhakar touched her feet when she left.

 CPM MPs in the well, Trinamool objects to manner of Bill's passage, Saugata Roy asked for division of votes. The amendment to make #Hyderabad capital of #Telangana has been defeated by voice vote in Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha passes Telangana Bill through voice vote.Opposition party leader Sushma Swaraj said in the House that  her party will back the Bill. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that Seemandhra will get special financial package. 3:09 pm According to sources, it has been decided that those in well of the House will be considered not to have participated during Telangana Bill discussion.

 Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu arrives in Parliament to witness proceedings in Lok Sabha as government prepares to push through Telangana Bill . Speaker has asked Lok Sabha Secretariat to be ready to pass Telangana Bill in din. A division of votes is likely to take place through slips, not the electronic button.  Mayawati says Bahujan Samajwadi Party will support Telangana Bill in parliament.

 Andhra Pradesh minister Srinivasa Rao resigned. In a last ditch effort, Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu appealed to Narendra Modi to "use his good office" to keep Andhra Pradesh united till an amicable solution is reached on the issue of creation of separate Telangana. Andhra Pradesh law minister Pratap Reddy said that AP chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will resign today and will float a new party soon. Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm after MPs opposing the Telangana Bill raised slogans and disrupted the proceedings.

 The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday morning cancelled parliamentary party meet on Telangana Bill and informed that a smaller group of top party leaders will discuss the Bill strategy instead. The BJP has moved 33 amendments in the Bill and have said that the concerns of leaders from Telangana should be discussed before passing the Bill. Last week, a Seemandhra MP used pepper spray in the House to disrupt the Bill presentation. The Congress MPs from the region have also threatened to quit the party if the new state is formed.