Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) The political crisis in Andhra Pradesh, triggered by the central government's decision to grant separate statehood to Telangana, deepened Friday with legislators from the other two regions continuing their mass resignations while shutdowns paralysed life in parts of the state.
The southern state stood divided on regional lines, with as many as 130 legislators submitting their resignations protesting the decision on Telangana. However, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said no hasty decision will be taken on the issue of a separate Telangana state, Congress MPs from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions who met him Friday in New Delhi quoted him as saying. As many as 20 Congress MPs, including union ministers, led by K.Sambasiva Rao met the prime minister and raised their apprehensions on carving out Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.
In the coastal city of Visakhapatnam, protestors attacked a branch of the HSBC Bank while in Kadapa town of Rayalseema, a post office was set afire.
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