Scenes of jubilation outside Parliament after Telangana Bill passage
Union minister S Jaipal Reddy and MP Hanumantha Rao gathered to congratulate Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the creation of the new state.

Union minister S Jaipal Reddy and MP Hanumantha Rao gathered at the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi's statue, congratulating Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the creation of the new state.
"The credit for this outstanding moment only goes to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and nobody else. BJP can say, we also voted. We all know, how reluctantly, how dividely they voted," Reddy told reporters.
"Sonia Gandhi took tremendous risk, paid tremendous price by endangering her popularity, her base in Seemandhra region," he said.
He said that he was prepared to sit across the table to convince reasonable Seemandhra people how they would gain and not lose on account of this division and other concessions.
Chants of 'Jai Telangana' were raised from different gates of Parliament as the members emerged from Rajya Sabha.
The historic Telangana Bill was passed by Parliament amid vociferous protests by members from Seemandhra region as also from Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena.
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