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Only 3 rebel MPs attend
Only 3 rebel MPs attend. The MPs who claim to have rebelled against the party high command, opposing its move to bifurcate the state virtually took a ‘U’ turn on Friday.
They hold up placards, do not raise any voice
Hyderabad/New Delhi: The MPs who claim to have rebelled against the party high command, opposing its move to bifurcate the state virtually took a ‘U’ turn on Friday. They not only attended the AICC meeting chaired by AICC president Sonia Gandhi, but also did not raise their voice against the division of the state except for holding placards which read 'Samaikyandhra Mana Vidhanam, Jai Samaikyandhra Mana Ninadam' (United Andhra is our policy, Jai Samaikyandhra is our slogan).
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The MPs who attended the AICC session and held the placards were Lagadapati Rajagopal, G V Harsha Kumar and Sabbam Hari. They did not dare resort to any other form of protest.
According to sources, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy called up Digvijay Singh on Friday morning and requested him to allow the rebel MPs to attend the AICC session, lest it should send a different signal to the Seemandhra people.
Singh is understood to have told Kiran that he could help them, provided the Chief Minister ensures they do not create any trouble at the venue. However, following an assurance from the CM, the three MPs were allowed, and accordingly they did not create any flutter at the meeting
When the MPs held placards in support of Samaikyandhra, as a counter move, T leaders like Ponguleti Sudhakar and Mohammed Ali Shabbir held placards in support of Telangana. While the placard held by the MPs was akin to that of the publicity flexi that has come across the Seemandhra region, the T leaders held a placard with Sonia Gandhi’s picture in the middle of T map.
