5 YSR Congress MPs to resign from Lok Sabha over special status demand for AP

April 06, 2018 10:57

Five MPs of the YSR Congress Party have announced that they will resign from the Lok Sabha today to protest the "failure" of the National Democratic Alliance government to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh.

Addressing a press conference on Thursday, the MPs had also said they are outraged as their notices for no confidence motion against the NDA government could not be taken up for discussion in the House due to continuous disruptions.

The YSR Congress MPs had given notices for no confidence motion against the government for its failure to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh.

The MPs said they would be submitting their resignation letters to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan tomorrow, the last day of the Budget session.

YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy had announced in February that the party's five MPs would resign if its demand for Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh was not fulfilled by the Centre.

The YSRCP and the TDP, which walked out of the BJP-led NDA, had given notices for no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.

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