State News And Discussion - II

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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
Ending their uneasy stay in the UPA coalition Government, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Ministers K Chandrashekhara Rao and A Narendra on Tuesday resigned in protest against non-fulfilment of their demand for a separate state of Telangana.

<b>After resigning from the Government, TRS said it is also withdrawing support to the UPA coalition. "We will withdraw support to UPA. Definitely, once you are out of the Government, you are out of the UPA," TRS chief K Chandrashekhara Rao told mediapersons. </b>

To spotlight the regional outfit's disillusionment with the Congress-led UPA, Rao will begin an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday.

The withdrawal of support to the Government may not have any impact on the <b>Manmohan Singh Ministry as it enjoys the support of about 330 MPs in a House of 545.</b>

But it is a major political setback to the Congress-led coalition as it is the first time that a constituent and an ally was pulling out of the Government on a political issue, observers said.

The break came after last-minute efforts by Congress leaders to pacify the regional party failed.

Earlier, Parliamentary Affairs Minister PR Dasmunshi had claimed that the Congress had managed to mollify its truculent Andhra ally that had enabled it to trounce Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam in 2004 elections. 
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