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[url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/350570/Cong-Govt-in-AP-hit-as-73-MLAs-quit.html"]Cong Govt in AP hit as 73 MLAs quit[/url]

Of the Congress's 36 legislators who have resigned, 11 are ministers. From the TDP ranks, four had quit Sunday, taking the number of legislators from the region who have quit to 73.



Telangana accounts for 119 legislators in the 294-member assembly. The Congress has 52 members, including two of the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), which recently joined with the ruling party.



TDP has 37 members from the region while Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has 11.



All 33 legislators of TDP and 36 of the Congress party submitted their resignations to Deputy Speaker Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka as Speaker N. Manohar is in the US.