TD MLA retracts resignation

The Medak Telugu Desam MLA, Mr Mynampalli Hanumantha Rao, withdrew his resignation.

Mr Hanumantha Rao had created a stir among Telangana activists by announcing his decision to quit his Assembly seat and offering it to the kin of those who died during the Telangana agitations.

When he met his supporters in Hyderabad, they reportedly opposed his resignation.

Mr Hanumantha Rao’s supporters insisted on Monday that he must withdraw his resignation since there was no response to his offer from any political party, including the TRS.

He told agitators that he would abide by his decision.

Telugu Desam sources revealed that Mr Hanumantha Rao’s decision was the outcome of a running feud with the former TRS legislator, Mr T. Harish Rao and that it was taken to settle scores with the TRS president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Sources added that the Telugu Desam chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, had asked the legislator to withdraw his resignation as there was not much of a response to his offer to quit for the Telangana victims.