Earlier, the House was adjourned minutes after it met for the day as Telugu Desam Party (TDP)members from coastal Andhra and Rayalseema disrupted proceedings.
It was a free-for-all in the Lok Sabha today with a variety of issues ranging from Telangana to price rise to Women's Reservation Bill leading to pandemonium and forcing its adjournment for two hours.
Trouble began for the second time as soon as the Question Hour was over with four members from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) storming the Well carrying placards saying, "We want united AP". They were soon joined in by SK Bwismuthiary (BPF) demanding separate Bodoland.
Earlier, the House was adjourned minutes after it met for the day as TDP members from coastal Andhra and Rayalseema disrupted proceedings protesting against the announcement for a separate Telangana.
The trouble continued after Question Hour with TDP members K Narayana Rao, M Venu Gopala Reddy, N Kristappa and N Sivaprasad raising slogans even as Speaker Meira Kumar asked them not to display placards, saying the members should observe "sanctity" of the House.
Fissures in TDP and Congress were visible with a lone TDP member R Ramesh trooping into the Well in favour of separate Telangana. Groups of Congress members from Telangana and other regions of Andhra Pradesh were on their feet chanting slogans in favour and against a separate state.
YS Jaganmohan Reddy, son of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YSR Reddy, was seen nudging those agitating members who were demanding a united Andhra Pradesh.
Soon, Samajwadi Party members, including Dharmendra Yadav, Shailendra Kumar and Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh trooped into the Well demanding withdrawal of the Women's Reservation Bill, a report on which was presented in Parliament today.
Former union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD) too came to the Well but he was protesting against price spiral. In the din, speaker Meira Kumar ordered laying of various reports and statements listed for the day.
As the House met for Question Hour, TDP members opposed to division of Andhra Pradesh displayed placards which said, "We want united AP", and rushed to the Well raising slogans.
Congress members from Telangana countered the TDP members by showing placards favouring a separate state and raised "Jai Telangana" slogans. However, the clear divide between members from Telangana and Andhra irrespective of party affiliations came out openly.
As repeated pleas by the Chair to TDP and BPF members to return to their seats and a promise that they would be heard during Zero Hour went unheeded, the House was adjourned for 15 minutes.
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