Telangana Issue – Who was on Fast and why did he break it ?
Telangana Issue – Who was on Fast and why did he break it ?
K. Chandrasekhar Rao breaks fast on Union govt’s assurance
- Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao called off his 11-day hunger strike on December 10, 2009 following an announcement by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi that the process of formation of Telangana would be initiated by moving a resolution in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
- A number of ministers and MLAs from Rayalaseema and Andhra regions submitted their resignations in opposition to the creation of a separate Telangana state.
- Andhra Pradesh has 23 districts, including the state capital Hyderabad, in three regions – Coastal Andhra (nine), Rayalaseema (four) and Telangana (ten). Telangana region accounts for 119 of the 294 seats in the Assembly and 17 of the 42 Lok Sabha members.
- Telangana region comprises Hyderabad, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Warangal, Rangareddy, Nalgonda, Khammam and Mahbubnagar districts.
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