The 10 Telangana MPs who had submitted their resignations declared on Monday that that they would stay away from Parliament till the Telangana Bill was tabled even though the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, expressed optimism that the issue would be resolved soon as the Congress general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, was engaged in hectic consultations with all the stakeholders. However, the three MPs from the region who had not given in their papers, Mr Sarve Satyanarayana, Mr Anjan Kumar Yadav and the Union petroleum minister, Mr S. Jaipal Reddy, attended Parliament.

The Telangana MPs led by the Rajya Sabha MP, Dr K. Kesava Rao, held a closed-door meeting at his residence on Monday. After emerging from the meeting, Nizamabad MP Madhu Yashki Goud told the media that there is no question of taking back their resignations. "The resignations are non-negotiable, Telangana issue is non-negotiable - we will consider withdrawing resignations only when proceedings for carving out a separate state are initiated by the central government. Till such time, we have unanimously decided to boycott the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha sessions," he said.