YSR Congress has escalated attack over Andhra special status. YSR Congress' 5 party members in Lok Sabha who submitted their resignation letters to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, accusing Centre of failure to grant special status to Andhra Pradesh, are on an indefinite hunger strike. Several cadres and MLAs from the state have joined the protest. Meanwhile, TDP MPs got detained after sitting on a Dharna outside Prime Minister Modi's residence demanding special status for Andhra.