Naidu, who is from Andhra Pradesh, had left the House before noon on Friday to catch a flight to Hyderabad. Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh indicated that the party has planned to corner the government, particularly Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu, in the Rajya Sabha over the issue. Watch Video: What’s making newsTargeting the government, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chaudhary told The Indian Express, “They have deliberately sabotaged the Bill. Congress MP K V P Ramchandra Rao, who moved the private member Bill, said Naidu chose to be absent from the House when the Bill was being taken up although he was the among the first to demand a special package for Andhra Pradesh for 10 years — instead of five years — in February 2014, when the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill was passed. As per rules, the Bill can now come before the House only after three weeks,” she added.

Source: Indian Express July 25, 2016 06:38 UTC