The Andhra Pradesh Assembly was adjourned for 30 minutes soon after it began for the day's proceedings today amidst slogan shouting by MLAs in favour of unified Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Soon after the House began at 0900 hrs Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy took up the question hour. As the Civil Supplies Minister J Krishna Rao was replying to the first listed questions from Congress, some members rose to their feet and raised slogans in favour of united state.
Government chief whip N Bhati Vikramaraka asked the members to take their seats while Speaker Reddy also appealed to them to let the House transact its business.
At that point, some TDP and Congress members also started raising slogans in favour of Telangana state.
Immediately the Speaker adjourned the proceedings for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, the ministers belonging to all regions held a joint meeting in the Assembly committee Hall before the House started in a bid to find a solution to the ongoing crisis.
The meeting ended abruptly as the House proceedings began. After the House was adjourned the ministers went and met Chief Minister K Rosaiah.
