Congress MPs from Telangana region on Tuesday called off their fast after the Andhra Pradesh government decided to withdraw all the police cases filed against students during the agitation for a separate state.

Congress Rajya Sabha member K Keshava Rao announced the decision of the ten MPs to call of their hunger strike after state Home Minister P Sabita Reddy and other ministers conveyed the government’s decision to withdraw the cases against the students which were filed last year.

The MPs began their fast on Monday demanding immediate withdrawl of all the police cases filed against students during the Telangana agitations.