Cracking the whip, Congress today expelled
six Lok Sabha MPs from Seemandhra who had given a notice of
no-confidence motion against Government opposing bifurcation of Andhra
Pradesh. Faced with dissent in Andhra Pradesh, the party intended to
send a strong message to those opposing creation of separate state with
this decision but a dozen odd party MPs still maintained that they will
vote against the Telangana bill when it comes to Parliament. "Congress
president Sonia Gandhi has approved the decision of the disciplinary
committee of the AICC to expel the six MPs from Andhra Pradesh with
immediate effect," said AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi in a
press release. The MPs expelled by Congress president Sonia Gandhi are
Sabbam Hari, G V Harsha Kumar, V Arun Kumar, L Rajagopal, R Sambasiva
Rao and A Sai Pratap. All these MPs had signed the notice of
non-confidence motion along with some MPs from other parties like TDP
and the party has sought to give a strong message on Telangana issue by
taking this "unprecedented" step. Congress MP Ananta Venkatrami Reddy,
who is among the 12 party MPs from Seemandhra who did not sign on the
notice for no-confidence, told PTI, "we are totally against the bill for
the bifurcation of the state and will vote against it when it comes to
the House. We will see that the bill is defeated." There are 25 MPs
from the Seemandhra region including 18 from Congress, three from YSR
Congress and four from TDP. Maintaining he along with other Congress
MPs from Seemandhra are also opposing the bill, Reddy said,"but how can
we put a no-confidence motion against our own government. One thing is
clear that we are totally opposed to the Telangana bill." The stand by
the party MPs from Seemandhra could be a cause of worry for Congress,
which is repeatedly asserting that it remains committed to the creation
of Telangana. Asked about the expulsion of party MPs, AICC general
secretary Ajay Maken said that Congress is committed to the creation of
Telangana and the latest move is another step in that direction.
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