Live reporting: National shame, as MP sprays pepper during Telangana Bill introduction

4 pm: Leaders of BJP, SP, BJD, CPI and TMC meet Lok Sabha Speaker saying they do not accept that Telangana bill was introduced.

4: 05 pm: YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy breaks down as he speaks to reporters. Says, the way government rammed the Telangana Bill inside LS was not even done by the Nazis in Germany. Demands, the bill be reintroduced in LS.

2:20 pm: Speaker suspends 17 MPs for unruly behaviour inside Lok Sabha

2:21 pm: Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj suspects today's pepper spray incident could have been stage-managed by ruling party. Says, BJP will no more talk to the Congress over running Parliament.

2 pm: Lok Sabha reassembles after the unprecedented pepper spray incident. Some members opposing Telangana still shout slogans. Speaker Meira Kumar names and suspends the MPs who obstructed proceedings. Adjourns House till 3 pm