The Hindu in New Delhi.
Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, who hit the headlines world over by
his action of spraying pepper in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, has made it
clear that he will not rest come what may till the decision to create
Telangana is dropped. “I am determined to fight tooth and nail to keep
Andhra Pradesh united”, he told Mr. Rajagopal, who was expelled from the Congress a few days earlier for giving notice for moving a no-confidence motion against the UPA-II government, now stands suspended till Thursday next by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar for his unruly act in the House.
He reiterated that he sprayed pepper as a self-defence technique and he
had only pointed the can in the air and not against any other member.
This was to prevent them from attacking him for opposing the Telangana
bill and also for trying to save another member from Seemandhra — TDP’s
Narasaraopet MP Modugula Venugopala Reddy. But he felt sorry as his act
had caused lot of inconvenience to the fellow members and journalists in
the press gallery.
The MP, who will be turning 50 on February 16, 2014, said after being
escorted out of the House by security personnel he was taken a room in
the first floor of the parliament complex where a doctor examined him as
he too was affected by pepper spray. Thereafter he slept for two-three
hours before coming out. He was not treated badly by the security staff,
he said in response to a question.
He claimed that the Congress party had wantonly sent over 100 members to
the Well of the House to take care of the protesting Seemandhra MPs. He
sought to know why no member was suspended for attacking him and Mr.
Modugula Venugopala Reddy.
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