Waves of euphoria in Telangana as Lok Sabha passes historic bill: Here are the latest updates

New Delhi: The process of forming the 29th state in India inched a step closer on Tuesday with the Lok Sabha passing the historic Telangana Bill by voice vote amid din. The Lower House saw vehement protests by members from Seemandhra region as Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde tabled the bill to carve Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh.

 

According to CNN-IBN, as many as 67 amendments were passed clause by clause by headcount. The Parliament was adjourned after the Telangana Bill was passed. It will go to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

 

 

An amendment to make Hyderabad the sole capital of Telangana was defeated. TV reports said that Hyderabad will be the joint capital for Seemandhra and Telangana for ten years till new capital gets created. 

The Centre earned widespread criticism over the passage of the Telangana Bill amid blackout of live telecast. The principal opposition party also attacked the Congress-led UPA after supporting T-Bill. The BJP’s Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha deemed the blackout as a “tactical glitch”.
   

Parties that walked out of the Lower House in protest include Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Janata Dal-United JD(U). TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said: “I am sorry to say this is more than even an Emergency.”


YSR Congress supremo Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday brought thousands of protesters from Seemandhra to the Capital against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. He deemed the passage of T-Bill as “murder of democracy” in broad daylight.

While several lawmakers including K Chandasekhar Rao and Ghulam Nabi Azad were seen celebrating, Reddy called for a shutdown in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
    


The secretary general of Lok Sabha has reportedly asked the CE of Lok Sabha TV to fix the glitch by 11am tomorrow.



Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supporters celebrated in Hyderabad and elsewhere in the region. It was gloom in Seemandhra as political activists expressed their disgust and anger.

With the Lok Sabha clearing the bill, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will resign on Wednesday, one of Reddy’s close aides said on Tuesday.