Kiran Kumar Reddy Quits as Andhra Pradesh CM, MLA, Congress Member Wednesday Feb 19,2014

Andhra Pradesh CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy announcing his resignation at a press conference in Hyderabad on Wednesday Feb 19,2014

Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned from the Andhra Pradesh chief minister's post, and the Congress party on Wednesday Feb 19,2014 a day after the Lok Sabha passed the bill creating Telangana as the 29th state of India on Tuesday Feb 18,2014

Kiran Kumar Reddy played the Telugu 'bidda' (son of the soil) card to the hilt before walking over to the Raj Bhawan from his residence, covering a distance of 2 kms, to hand over his resignation. Addressing his last press conference before announcing his resignation, he lashed out at both the Congress and the BJP for allowing the bill to be passed in the Lok Sabha

"It is shameful that this bill was presented like robbers, hiding from people, putting off TV, throwing out those who were objecting. The BJP also conspired to harm Telugu people, striking a secret deal with the Congress''

Kiran Kumar Reddy  also pointed out that "nowhere has a bill rejected by the state assembly been passed by Parliament. For seats and votes, all political parties have done lot of harm to Telugu people. I condemn this. Telugu people will all be harmed by this."

The non-Telangana Seemandhra region is observing a daylong bandh today  Wednesday Feb 19,2014 to protest the bill's passage in the Lok Sabha.

 Kiran kumar Reddy hands over the resignation letter to the Governor Narasimhan

Note

For months Kiran Kumar Reddy has battled for a united Andhra Pradesh, rebelling against his party which decided to hurry through its Telangana plan with an eye on the national elections due by May. The Congress hopes the split will bring it rich electoral dividends from the 10 districts of the Telangana region

Kiran Kumar Reddy's efforts have included leading the state Assembly in rejecting the Telangana plan and a protest sit-in at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.