New Delhi: Parliament proceedings: 5:02 pm: Introduction of Telangana Bill gets postponed in Rajya Sabha as House stands adjourned to meet on Thursday.
4.28 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned, to meet again at 5 pm.
4.23 pm: Tabling of Telangana Bill delayed in Rajya Sabha. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with other Congress leaders like Sushil Kumar Shinde, Jairam Ramesh and Ahmed Patel meet Opposition leaders Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu.
4.17 pm: Prime Minister seeks support of Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley on the Telangana Bill, speaks to BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu. Sources say negotiations are underway to ensure that the Bill is passed today.
4.09 pm: Street Vendors Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
4.03 pm: Rajya Sabha debates Street Vendors Bill, Telangana to come up shortly.
3:25 pm: RS Deputy Chairman: North East issue is a national issue, all of us are concerned about it.
3:20 pm: Congress leader Rajiv Shukla : We want a proper debate on Telangana bill before it is passed.
3:18 pm: Ravi Shankar Prasad: We need a reply on the AugustaWestland scam, it is a huge scam and need a response. The fisherman issue is also a serious matter, PM should respond in the House.
3:14 pm: Sitaram Yechuri: There are four bills that needs to be passed in the house. I appeal the house to be in order to pass the 4 crucial Bills.
3:12 pm: Disruptions over Telangana continue in Rajya Sabha. MPs hold banners to show their protest.
3:10: In Rajya Sabha, CPI leader D Raja brings up the issue of the death of the North-Eastern boy.
3:09 pm: MPs discuss the Street Vendors Bill and fishermen issue in Rajya Sabha.
3:00 pm: After being adjourned three times during the day, proceedings of the Rajya Sabha resume.
2:22 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 3pm.
2:22 pm:Amidst uproar, Rajya Sabha Chairperson says that there will be amendments in Telangana Bill and there will be a discussion. The Chairperson urges the house to be allowed to run for discussion.
2:19 pm:TR Baalu raises the TN state government demand that the seven Rajiv Gandhi assassins should be be released.
2:17 pm: Speaker interrupts BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi in Lok Sabha, asks him to lay his speech on the table as with the uproar, a discussion is not possible. Joshi voices his objection.
2:16 pm: Rajya Sabha speaker: Lok Sabha members who are ministers should withdraw from the house right away. It is unbecoming of you to stand here and protest.
2:15 pm: Venkaiah Naidu: Bring any bill for discussion only when the House is in order.
2:10 pm: Arun Jaitley addresses the Rajya Sabha: There is a specific provision in the Constitution that an MP in Lok Sabha can participate as a minister in the Rajya Sabha. He can address the proceedings without disturbing the proceedings.
2:10 pm: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar accepts resignation of Seemandhra MP L Rajagopal, who splashed pepper spray last week.
2:05 pm: TDP MP CM Ramesh apologises in Rajya Sabha for misbehaving with the Secretary General. The House has dropped action proceedings against Ramesh.
2:05 pm: There is discussion in Lok Sabha and vote on demands for grants on accounts amidst uproar.
1:20 pm: Telangana Bill is set to be brought in Rajya Sabha at 4 pm. It is likely that the Bill will not be passed without a discussion. The sittings of the House could also be extended if needed for discussion.
12:05 pm: Rajya Sabha secretary general manhandled by MPs. Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm. TDP MP CM Ramesh misbehaved with the Secretary General Rajya Sabha inside the house.
12:01 pm: Uproar in Rajya Sabha on Telangana, MPs protest over the blackout of Lok Sabha telecast. Papers being laid on table in the House amidst ruckus.
12:00 pm: Both Houses of Parliament resume.
11:38 am: AP CM Kiran Kumar Reddy reaches Raj Bhawan. The Governor may ask him to continue as caretaker CM.
11:30 am: AP CM ends his press meet. Leave for Raj Bhawan to submit his resignation letter.
11:30 am: This is for the Telugu people. It is not a selfish act. People will lose in this deal. Farmers, students, and medical services will be hit.
11:28 am: "I am resigning to show protest. I will tell the governor clearly, that they should make alternative arrangements," Reddy said.
11:27 am: AP CM says he is resigning with a heavy heart. He is not a party to the decision on Telangana.
11:25 am "If I would have quit earlier, Telangana would have been created 4 months back. So me and my colleagues decided to stay in power and put up a fight for the cause of the Telugu people," Reddy said.
11:21 am: I'm resigning for failing at my duties
11:20 am: Kiran Kumar Reddy resigns as Chief Minister, MLA and Congress party member over Telangana.
11:19 "I am grateful to Congress for giving me this opportunity to be CM," Reddy said.
11:13 am: "Suspending members of the Parliament who are part of the region that was being discussed and disconnecting the telecast of the proceedings. What was the need to do this," reddy questions.
11:11 am: "The Bill they sent us, is a draft Bill. I want people to evaluate the decision to discuss the draft bill," Reddy said.
11:10 am: "The Cabinet should be careful while taking such a big step. The setting up of the GOM, the functioning of the GOM and the introduction of the Bill has been problematic since the start," Reddy said.
11:09 am: "People of AP will lose out on Drinking water, electricity, medical facilities, education opportunities. The future of Farmers, students, govt employees has been pushed into darkness," Reddy said.
11:05 am: Andhra CM Kiran Kumar Reddy too, condemned the move to blackout the proceedings of the House. "Since the decision was taken to bifurcate the state, there was no order in what was done. This is shameful. If this is for the people, then people are losing in this deal," Kiran Kumar Reddy said.
11:03 am: Within minutes of the proceeding being started, both houses of Parliament have been adjourned.
10:50 am: "We condemn the Lok Sabha blackout. It was a planned blackout, and not a technical problem. There should not be any blackout on the Rajya Sabha proceedings," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
10:45 am: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will voice out its opposition against the blackout of the Lok Sabha TV proceedings during the voice vote on the Telangana Bill in Parliament on Tuesday. While Sushma Swaraj will raise the issue in Lok Sabha, Arun Jaitley will raise the issue in Rajya Sabha.
A day after the Telangana Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha amidst a blackout, it is not clear as to whether it will be brought in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Government sources say they will bring the Bill in the Upper House if the President returns it on time.
The contentious Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2013 (Telangana Bill) was on Tuesday bulldozed through the Lok Sabha amidst dramatic scenes with Congress and BJP joining hands to ensure its passage. However, in an unprecedented move, fearing protest from Seemandhra MPs, the government blacked out the proceedings of the Lok Sabha TV. The move was seen by many MPs as "murder of democracy". The Lok Sabha TV, however, issued a statement saying that the blackout was a result of technical glitch.
Staunch opponent of Telangana, YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called it a black day in the history of the country and appealed for bandh in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. "It's a black day for Indian democracy," said Reddy after Lok Sabha cleared the Bill by a voice vote.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has been opposing his party and this Bill, is set to resign on Wednesday.
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