New Delhi: Lagadapati Rajagopal, Congress MP from Vijayawada, has resigned to protest against the Centre's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh and form a Telangana state.
Sources in the Congress told PTI said Rajagopal met Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday morning and is understood to have conveyed his decision to quit from the House. He then left for Hyderabad vowing to fight for unified Andhra.
Andhra Congress sources also said some more MPs from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema region will resign in protest against the decision.
They also said Congress MPs will meet today and decide their future course of action.
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