<p>Alleging that the views of Seemandhra people did not get reflected in Union Cabinet's nod to formation of Telangana state, Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi today asked UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to see that his resignation from the post, submitted earlier, is accepted.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I am pained with the sequence of events in the process of bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh. I am also hurt that the Seemandhra people's views have not been reflected nor have their aspirations being met with the recent Cabinet resolution," he said in a letter to Gandhi.<br /><br />He said it was extremely difficult for him to discharge his ministerial duties with such "a heavy heart and a burdened conscience".<br /><br />"Since I have already tendered my resignation to the Hon'ble Prime Minister on October 4, 2013, I request you, as Chairperson of UPA, to kindly have my resignation accepted at the earliest with immediate effect.<br /><br />"I thank your good self for the confidence and responsibility bestowed on me, which I have tried my best to discharge fully," he said.<br /><br />It may be recalled that Chiranjeevi had demanded that Hyderabad should be made a Union Territory to address the concerns of Seemandhra people about bifurcation.<br /><br />The Union Cabinet approved the draft Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill last evening.</p>
<p>Alleging that the views of Seemandhra people did not get reflected in Union Cabinet's nod to formation of Telangana state, Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi today asked UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to see that his resignation from the post, submitted earlier, is accepted.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I am pained with the sequence of events in the process of bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh. I am also hurt that the Seemandhra people's views have not been reflected nor have their aspirations being met with the recent Cabinet resolution," he said in a letter to Gandhi.<br /><br />He said it was extremely difficult for him to discharge his ministerial duties with such "a heavy heart and a burdened conscience".<br /><br />"Since I have already tendered my resignation to the Hon'ble Prime Minister on October 4, 2013, I request you, as Chairperson of UPA, to kindly have my resignation accepted at the earliest with immediate effect.<br /><br />"I thank your good self for the confidence and responsibility bestowed on me, which I have tried my best to discharge fully," he said.<br /><br />It may be recalled that Chiranjeevi had demanded that Hyderabad should be made a Union Territory to address the concerns of Seemandhra people about bifurcation.<br /><br />The Union Cabinet approved the draft Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill last evening.</p>