Hyderabad, Dec. 2 -- Six members of the Andhra Pradesh state legislative council, who resigned from the YSR Congress party and their MLC seats last year, met council chairman Koye Moshen Raju on Monday and provided formal explanations regarding their resignations.

While five of these MLCs - Karri Padmashree, Balli Kalyana Chakravarthy, Marri Rajasekhar, Jayamangala Venkat Ramana and Pothula Sunitha - insisted that their resignations be accepted, sixth MLC Zakia Khanam withdrew her resignation from the council membership shortly after meeting the chairman.

Following a direction from the state high court on November 28 to decide on the resignation of these MLCs, the council chairman called them for a personal hearing on Monday.

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