Seemandhra Mps

• MP Quits Jagan's YSR Congress, Joins Chandrababu Naidu's Party

  Less than 10 days after Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party or TDP emerged the clear winner in the Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh, fresh trouble is brewing for YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy.

• Mass exodus of leaders leaves Congress high and dry in Seemandhra

  The Congress, which ruled Andhra Pradesh till last month, has now turned into an empty house in Seemandhra following the mass exodus of MPs, former ministers, MLAs and other leaders mostly into the TDP, protesting the bifurcation of the state.

• Telangana Bill cleared in Rajya Sabha: No match-fixing with Congress, says BJP

  The Rajya Sabha passed the historic and controversial bill that makes Telangana India's 29th state amid vociferous protests by members from Seemandhra region as also from Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena. The suspense over the passage of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 came to an end with BJP backing the government on it despite raisin...

• 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.

• Telangana bill moves a big step forward: 10 developments

  President Pranab Mukherjee today gave his approval to a controversial bill to create Telangana by dividing Andhra Pradesh, clearing the way for the Centre to introduce it in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The only hurdle that the bill faces is from the anti-Telangana MPs who have blocked all business in Parliament since last week.

• Seemandhra MPs force Centre to revisit Telangana Bill

  Union ministers and Congress lawmakers from Seemandhra, engaged in a confrontation with their party's central leadership over their insistence on creating Telangana ahead of the general election, forced the Centre to convene another meeting of the Group of Ministers today to accommodate some of the changes suggested by them in the draft bill. The G...

• Telangana row: Congress' Seemandhra MPs seek no trust vote against Prime Minister

  In a huge embarrassment for the ruling Congress, its own MPs from Seemandhra have given notice for a non-confidence motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the plan to split Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana state.

• Telangana row: Kiran Kumar Reddy in Delhi after being summoned by Congress top brass

  The Congress top brass has summoned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has raised a banner of revolt over the Centre's plans to create Telangana, and the party's rebellious Seemandhra MPs to the capital in an attempt to mollify them and get them on board the state bifurcation bill. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said emphat...

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy to skip Congress conclave today

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday scaled up his confrontation with the Congress' central leadership over their plans to go ahead with the creation of the separate state of Telangana when he decided against travelling to Delhi to attend the high-profile party conclave being held today.

• Seemandhra leaders begin two-day fast in Hyderabad

  Three Congress MPs from Seemandhra region began a two-day fast in Hyderabad on Friday demanding the central government stop the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

• Telangana row: Seemandhra MPs mull quitting anew

  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.

• Will fight Telangana state in Supreme Court, says Congress MP

  A parliamentarian from the Congress has decided to take the government- which is led by his party -to court over the decision to divide Andhra Pradesh and turn Telangana, one of its three regions, into India's 29th state.

• Telangana row: Seemandhra leaders urge Congress to reconsider decision

  Central ministers and MPs from Seemandhra region today met senior Congress leaders Veerappa Moily and Ahmed Patel and asked them to reconsider the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.

• Telangana row: Seemandhra ministers and Congress MPs to meet today

  Union Ministers, ruling Congress MPs and other leaders from the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions are set to meet in Hyderabad today to discuss the future course of action over the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh.

• Seemandhra protestors attack Telangana MP at Tirupati

  Senior Congress MP from Telangana V Hanumantha Rao on Saturday came under attack by those opposing division of Andhra Pradesh at Tirupati, when he went to the Tirumala temple.