By IANS,
New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said Friday the resignations from 13 Andhra Pradesh MPs over a separate Telangana state were under her consideration and a decision would be taken before parliament’s monsoon session.
“I have received 13 resignation letters. These are under my consideration,” Meira Kumar said.
The Lok Sabha speaker was addressing a news conference on the eve of the 5th SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians Conference to be held in New Delhi.
Asked if the final decision on the protesting MPs’ resignations would be taken before parliament’s monsoon session that begins in the first week of August, Meira Kumar said: “I hope so.”
However, she said if the MPs wanted to raise the Telangana issue in the Lok Sabha they were “welcome”.
“If the MPs want to speak and raise the issue… I always welcome that but not from the well of the house,” she said, referring to lawmakers coming down towards the speaker’s podium during protests in the house.
As the speaker, Meira Kumar always objects to such protests which ultimately force adjournments of the proceedings.