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Stepping up the demand for a separate state, the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti called for a 48-hour bandh starting Tuesday.
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The districts that are observing the bandh include Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Warangal, Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Nizamabad
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Banking and financial activities came to a standstill in the Telangana region due to the two-day bandh.
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On Monday, 35 MLAs of the Congress and 37 from the TDP from the Telangana region resigned.
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There was tension at the Osmania University in Hyderabad after police fired tear gas shells at stone-pelting protesters.
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The students at the Osmania University were protesting against the presence of police after security was beefed up there.
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There was heavy deployment of police force all over the state to keep the protestors under control.
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The crisis in Andhra Pradesh escalated and the ripples suddenly seemed to be felt at the Centre as well, with the Congress scrambling for cover.
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With the two bandh called for Andhra Pradesh came to a standstill.
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The state law maker Jana Reddy, addressed the media as other state lawmakers demanded the creation of a new Telangana state.
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The Congress and PRP - even after the 35 resignations - will have simple majority in house with 138 MLAs and the TDP will have 53 members.
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If their resignations are accepted by the Speaker, the effective strength of the Andhra assembly will come down to 222 with 111 as the halfway mark.
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TRS and the JAC have been demanding mass resignations by MPs, MLAs of Congress and TDP to force the Centre to accept the separate statehood demand.
