Hyderbad/New Delhi, India: December 24, 2009, IR Summary/Agencies/TOI -

Around 11 MPs and MLAs from Telangana, keeping no regard for their political party, have resigned and joined in the protest against the proposal of a separate state of Telangana,  they reached Newe Delhi to hand over their resignations to Sonia Gandhi to lodge their protest against the decision of the centre. 
 
As a result of protest, the normal life is reported to be paralysed across Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh as the 48-hour bandh called by TRS and other parties to protest the Centre's decision to hold further consultations on the statehood issue began with violence breaking out at some places. 

The call for the shutdown had an immediate effect, the students came out in streets to lodge their protest and after an hour or so, the stone throwing started on buses and shops in Hyderabad and other Telangana District.

However, the attempt of seeting buses on fie was thwarted by the authorities in time.  Violence broke out in Hyderabad, Warangal and other places in the region within hours of the Centre's announcement as police resorted to baton-charge to disperse angry crowds of protesters.

In the state capital, several petrol pumps were shutdown soon after TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao and other Telangana leaders gave the bandh call. Long queues were witnessed at the few petrol stations that remained open as per TOI.

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) suspended services in the city and other Telangana districts. A large number of commuters were stranded in Hyderabad as the city buses run by APSRTC r