Hyderabad, Monday, July 04, 2011: The pro-Telangana campaign assumed new dimensions with 37 ruling Congress MLAs, including four ministers, and 28 TDP MLAs from the region resigning from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

In Delhi, seven Congress MPs, who had planned to resign from the Lok Sabha, did not keep their scheduled meeting with Speaker Meira Kumar who waited for some time before leaving her chamber.

Four Andhra Pradesh ministers K Jana Reddy, J Geeta Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy submitted their resignations from the membership of the state Assembly demanding the immediate creation of a Telangana state. They submitted their resignations to Assembly Deputy Speaker at 12 noon.

The Congress has 50 MLAs from the region in the 294-member Assembly. As many as 28 Telugu Desam Party MLAs from Telangana also resigned from their posts demanding a separate state.

(News Agency)