My heart bleeds over these scenes: PM on Telangana protests

12 Feb 2014 Evaluate

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed his dismay over the protests taking place inside Parliament over the Telangana issue, and said democracy in India was being harmed as a result and said that his heart bled to see what was happening in the House. Members of Parliament from the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) nearly came to blows inside the Lok Sabha and had to be held back by other lawmakers.

In the Lok Sabha four union ministers-K.S. Rao, D.Purandeshwari, Chiranjeevi and K. Surya Prakash Reddy belong to the Seemandhra region left their seats and rushed towards the Speaker's chair to protest.

Minister for Human Resource Development M.Pallam Raju said that there was widespread perception that injustice is being done and it was being expected of them to put up a final battle in Lok Sabha. On Tuesday, the Congress high command sent out a message that it would not tolerate dissent within its ranks by expelling six of its Lok Sabha members who had moved a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Singh over the Telangana proposal.

The Parliament has been repeatedly disrupted since the session began on February 5. The session ends on February 21.

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