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Live reporting: Know how Lok Sabha passed Telangana Bill with BJP support, live telecast switched off

New Delhi: In a controversial step that raises question mark over Indian parliamentary democracry, the historic bill to carve out Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh was today passed by Lok Sabha  with all doors

India TV News Desk Updated on: February 18, 2014 19:55 IST
4:14 pm: Trinamool MP Dinesh Trivedi, after walking out : "This sounds a warning bell for democracy. Today you switch off the cameras. Tomorrow you will ask us not to rise from our seats. Is this democracy?"

4:12 pm: Angry Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav after walking out of Lok Sabha says: "This is the first time I am seeing in my parliamentary life. I don't want to become part , nor witness to such proceedings. This is a funny way of bifurcating a state. I have never seen such a thing earlier. That's why I walked out"

4:02 pm:
Trinamool MP and former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi walks out of Lok Sabha protesting stoppage of live telecast of proceedings

3:50 pm:
In Hyderabad, thousands of Telangana supporters jump in joy, carrying pink TRS flags and shout "Jai Telangana" slogans. People celebrate passage of Telangana Bill outside TRS Bhavan in Hyderabad

3:48 PM: All Janata Dal (United) MPs walk out of Lok Sabha. Inside Central Hall, suspended anti-Telangana MPs shouting slogans, ringed by marshals.

3:45 pm: C. M. Ramesh, Rajya Sabha MP describes this as "daylight murder" of Indian democracy. "There are no words to describe all this. More than 50 pc of members inside the House have come to the well to oppose the bill, but the voting is going on. "

3:19 pm:
Telangana Bill debate begins inside closed doors with only Press representatives watching from gallery. Entry of outsiders barred

3:18 pm: All doors of Lok Sabha closed to stop suspended MPs from entering. Marshals placed at all entry points of Lok Sabha.

3:16 pm:
Lok Sabha begins debate on Telangana bill, live telecast stopped on Lok Sabha TV, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj speaking amidst din

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