Resignation of 12 MLAs accepted

Speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy formally accepted the resignations of 12 Members of the egislative Assembly on Monday.

According to a notification issued by the Speaker's office on Monday, 12 of the 15 MLAs who had resigned in protest against the terms of reference of the Sri Krishna Committee, were accepted. A decision over the resignations of two Congress and one PRP MLAs is yet to be taken by the Speaker.

While the resignation of 11 MLAs was accepted on Monday, a TDP MLA's letter to step down was accepted on Sunday night.

The resignations by the MLAs came after a renewed call by the all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee to legislators from the region to submit their resignation en masse to express their resentment over the TOR of the panel over Telangana statehood.

The JAC said that quitting Assembly seats is the only way to mount pressure on the Centre for taking immediate steps for the formation of Telangana.