Chiranjeevi resigns from AP House membership

Hyderabad: Actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi Thursday resigned from the membership of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly following his election to Rajya Sabha.
Chiranjeevi, who was elected to the Assembly from
temple-town Tirupati in 2009, met Assembly Speaker Nadendla
Manohar and handed over his resignation.

Chiranjeevi will take oath as Rajya Sabha member on April
3. With Chiranjeevi`s resignation, the number of vacancies in
the 294-member AP Assembly increases to 18.
It may be recalled that the Speaker early this month disqualified 16 ruling Congress MLAs and accepted the
resignation of one rebel Praja Rajyam Party MLA for violating their respective parties and voting against the government on the no-confidence motion.

PTI