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23 Dec 2009

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After the 9 December statement, legislators from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema submitted resignations in protest (counts differ, see figures). On 23 December Chidambaram issued a second statement saying that the situation in Andhra Pradesh had altered since 9 December and that the Centre would hold wide-ranging consultations with all political parties and groups in the state and take steps to involve all concerned. Chidambaram later denied a flip-flop and said the two statements had to be read together. [1][5][2][9][7][8][3][6][4]

• 100 MLAs who submitted resignations by 10 December 2009, said The Tribune (Suresh Dharur) [1]
• 117 (76 Congress, 29 TDP, 12 PRP) MLAs who submitted resignations by late night of 10 December 2009, said The Indian Express (Sreenivas Janyala) [5]
• 9 MPs, 143 MLAs and 41 MLCs resignations submitted against the 9 December announcement, said Srikrishna Committee report ('reportedly') [7]

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