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Naidu Walks Out of NIC Meeting Over Telangana Issue

New Delhi: TDP chief and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today walked out of the National Integration Council meeting here in protest against the move to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.During the meeting, which was convened



"My point is, if I am not allowed to speak such a serious issue in such a forum where top leadership of the country is present, where will I go," he asked.

Naidu said there is continuous tension in entire Seemandhra and protests and strike has crippled the region.

The Congress Working Committee, which met on July 30, passed a resolution requesting the Centre "to take steps in accordance with the Constitution to form a separate state of Telangana within a definite timeframe."

However, after the CWC decision, there have been continuous protests in the non-Telangana parts of Andhra Pradesh against the decision to carve out the new state.