BJD MP puts up blank TV photo on Twitter ac to protest Parl blackout

New Delhi, Feb 18:

MP Jay Panda on Tuesday protested the stopping of live telecasting of proceedings in the Lok Sabha while the

Bill was being discussed by putting up a picture of a blank television set on his Twitter account.

[Read: Congress messes with India's democracy, yet again]

The blocking of the television in the Lok Sabha while the controversial Telanagan Bill was being passed in the Lower House of the Parliament led to a massive uproar in India's political circles. Principal opposition party BJP said it was not informed about the blackout and termed it a tactical move and not a technical glitch as Speaker Meira Kumar and Lok Sabha TV CEO had said.

Telecasting was blocked from Parliament as the T-Bill was passed in Lok Sabha

MPs of parties like the JD(U) and Trinamool Congress staged a walkout to protest the way the southern state of Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated into Telangana and Semandhra.

Representatives of the ruling coalition, however, termed the incident a historic one and said they were committed to make the long-pending dream of Telangana a truth.

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