NEW DELHI: Initiating the debate on no confidence motion against NDA government , TDP’s Jayadev Galla attacked the Modi government for ignoring the interests of Andhra Pradesh after Telangana was carved out of it.

Galla accused both BJP and Congress of crippling Andhra by getting an “unconstitutional” and “unscientific” bill passed to divide the state, prompting strong protests by members of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

The TDP member’s remark that Parliament was “bulldozed” to pass the AP Reorganisation Bill drew an angry response from TRS, with its members trooping into the well and raising slogans for a brief period. Later, TRS members walked out after protests demanding that Galla recall his remarks.

“In one of his election speeches, Prime Minister Modi had slammed Congress for only saving the child (Telangana) and letting the mother (AP) die. He had said, had he been in power, he would have saved both... we were overwhelmed by his statement and decided to support him... But nothing has happened till now,” he said. The TDP MP said his “curse” is that BJP would be defeated at the hustings.

