5 lawmakers of regional party resign from Parliament

NEW DELHI, April 6 (Xinhua) -- All five lawmakers of a key regional party Friday resigned from the Indian Parliament over Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's "failure" to grant special status to the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

V. Vara Prasada Rao, Y.V. Subba Reddy, P.V. Midhum Reddy, Y.S. Avinash Reddy and Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy of Andhra Pradesh's opposition YSR Congress party submitted their resignation letters to Parliament Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on the last day of the Budget session.

Andhra Pradesh's ruling Telegu Desam Party, led by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, has already pulled out of India's ruling coalition and unsuccessfully tried many times to bring in no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Modi's government in Parliament over the issue.

Both Telegu Desam Party and YSR Congress party, a breakaway faction of India's main opposition Congress party, have vented out their anger against the Modi government over its "refusal" to grant special status to the state as promised after Telangana was carved out of it in 2014.

Andhra Pradesh is to go to polls next year and all parties are now upping the ante against the "deprivation" by the Indian government. Enditem