L Rajagopal

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  Former Andhra Pradesh Lawmaker Tries To Stop Raids At Businessman's House

  Industrialist and former parliamentarian L Rajagopal has tried to stop police from searching the residence of his friend, an official said.

• Did government bail out L Rajagopal, the 'pepper-spray MP'?

  For his extreme act, of using pepper spray inside Parliament, Lagadapati Rajagopal has drawn sharp criticism from his Congress party.

• Pepper spray attack: Matter referred to Lok Sabha Privileges Committee

  The issue of the pepper spray incident in the Lok Sabha, which saw widespread outrage and condemnation, was today referred to the Privileges Committee that has got punitive powers.

• Pepper spray attack: Parliament security panel to discuss MPs' frisking

  With the pepper spray attack in Lok Sabha evoking widespread outrage, an emergency meeting of the Committee on Security in Parliament complex tomorrow is expected to face a ticklish task as the issue of frisking of MPs could come up.

• Pepper spray act likely to turn controversial MP into hero in Vijayawada

  L Rajagopal, the MP from Vijayawada who put India to shame by using pepper spray inside the Parliament on other MPs, may well be received like a hero in his constituency.

• Frisking of MPs may come up at meet of Committee on Security

  The Committee on Security in Parliament complex was today directed by the Lok Sabha Speaker to convene an emergency meeting on Monday to consider various options, that could also include frisking of MPs, to prevent a repeat of the pepper spray attack.

• 'Pepperspray' MP says he regrets what happened. Sort of.

  The parliamentarian who used pepper spray on other law-makers said today that he is not proud of his headline-making action, but was acting in self-defence.

• Pepper spray MP had moved a bill to tackle unruly behaviour

  In what has to be the irony of ironies, expelled Congress MP L Rajagopal - the man who shot to infamy after he unleashed a can of pepper spray in Lok Sabha today - once wanted stringent steps to curb unruly behaviour in Parliament.

• L Rajagopal, the 'pepper-spray MP': 10 things about him

  Lagadapati Rajagopal, the man who used pepper spray in Parliament, says he acted in self-defence. He is among the richest MPs from Andhra Pradesh, with some 299 crores to his name according to his affidavit to the Election Commission in 2009. The 53-year-old MP from Vijayawada in 2009 had introduced a private members bill in the Lok Sabha to deal ...

• MPs shame India, vandalise Parliament over Telangana

  The five-minute riot in Parliament that broke out was constructed by those who say they will not allow Parliament to discuss or vote on a proposal that bifurcates Andhra Pradesh by carving out one of its three regions, Telangana, as a new southern state.

• First pepper spray, then gas masks in Parliament: 10 developments

  Law-makers were on their worst behaviour in parliament today as those supporting a new state of Telangana clashed with others who are opposed to the government's proposal to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh. 16 parliamentarians have been suspended for the unprecedented violence inside the Lok Sabha.

• Telangana: Congress issues notices to two MPs

  Congress high command slaps show-cause notices on Andhra Pradesh MPs L Rajagopal and Madhu Goud Yashki, for acting against the party's interests during the Telangana crisis.

• Fasting MP disappears, then sprints into hospital

  Even as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh called an emergency meeting about a missing MP, L Rajagaopal surfaced with flair.

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  I will go on padyatra for united Andhra: Rajagopal

  Congress MP L Rajagopal, who was on Monday taken into preventive custody ahead of his planned fast against Telangana state, has said that he will go on padyatra for a united Andhra.

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  Knit India, do not split India, says Cong MP Rajagopal

  "All 225 congress MLAs will oppose the resolution in the assembly," said Andhra Congress MP L Rajagopal, who has resigned over Telangana issue.