VIJAYAWADA: The Rajya Sabha will discuss the issues concerning the State on Tuesday. Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu admitted the notices given by the YSR Congress and the TDP MPs on Monday. The House will take up short notice discussion, the Chairman said.

Earlier in the day, the TDP and the YSR Congress MPs held protests in Rajya Sabha raising slogans in favour of the State. At one point of time, the MPs went into the Well of House interrupting the proceedings and forcing the Chairman to stop live telecast of the proceedings. He also adjourned the house for 30 minutes as both the TDP and the YSR Congress members continued to raise slogans.

TDP MP and former Union minister Y S Chowdary would begin the debate in which the other members including the YSR Congress MPs are scheduled to join.

Meanwhile, the TDP MPs from Lok Sabha held protest near Mahatma Gandhi statue seeking justice to Andhra Pradesh. The MPs also joined the discussions in the Lok Sabha on various bills and raised the issues of Andhra Pradesh grabbing every opportunity.

The MPs said that they would continue to the protest near Mahatma Gandhi statue till the end of the monsoon session.

The MPs also targeting YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy for giving State bandh call for Tuesday. They said that the bandh was against the interests of the State as it causes damage and sends wrong signals to the investors on the law and order issues. MPs Murali Mohan, Konakalla Narayana and others alleged that Jaganmohan Reddy was trying to create law and order problem in the State and thus stop the investment flow to the State.

JC meets CM

Back home in Amaravati, party MP J C Diwakar Reddy met Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu at the Secretariat on Monday. The MP who refused to attend the Parliament session before the no confidence motion, had finally attended the session and participated in the election. He was said to be disappointed with the party leadership for not addressing some issues in the constituency and had lodged complaints with the chief minister against the Ananthapur leaders.

After his meeting with the chief minister, the MP said that the issues were resolved and he would attend the Parliament session from Tuesday. He further said that the TDP would continue the fight for the State issues even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unwilling to concede any of the issues.

