Rayapati Sambasiva Rao

Telugu Desam Party MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao on Friday offered one of his kidneys to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who is undergoing treatment for renal failure.

He was one of six Congress MPs who had moved a no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government during the winter session of Parliament last year for its proposal to create Telangana after splitting Andhra Pradesh.

Notwithstanding the rejection of their resignations from Lok Sabha by the Speaker, Congress and YSR Congress MPs from Seemandhra region are mulling whether to submit fresh resignations in protest against the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

In the first fallout of the announcement of a separate Telangana state, senior Congress Lok Sabha member from Guntur, Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, said he has decided to resign from the party as well as his parliamentary seat in protest.

A Congress MP from Guntur, Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, has blamed his party's debacle in the recent elections on the tears of Vijayamma, the wife of former Andha Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

Telugu Desam Party MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao on Friday offered one of his kidneys to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who is undergoing treatment for renal failure.

He was one of six Congress MPs who had moved a no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government during the winter session of Parliament last year for its proposal to create Telangana after splitting Andhra Pradesh.

Notwithstanding the rejection of their resignations from Lok Sabha by the Speaker, Congress and YSR Congress MPs from Seemandhra region are mulling whether to submit fresh resignations in protest against the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

In the first fallout of the announcement of a separate Telangana state, senior Congress Lok Sabha member from Guntur, Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, said he has decided to resign from the party as well as his parliamentary seat in protest.

A Congress MP from Guntur, Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, has blamed his party's debacle in the recent elections on the tears of Vijayamma, the wife of former Andha Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Rajasekhara Reddy.