Uproar in TS Assembly over defections
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (INN): The issue of defections once again created uproar in the Assembly on Monday. Congress deputy leader in the Assembly, T Jeevan Reddy raised objections when the Speaker permitted Puvvada Ajay to speak during a discussion on TS-iPASS debate.
Jeevan Reddy said that it was wrong on the part of Speaker to allow Ajay speak on behalf of Congress. He said that Ajay had defected to the ruling party and cannot be allowed to speak on behalf of Congress.
To this, the Speaker said that he had allowed Ajay to speak on the issue as a member of the house. Ministers Kadiam Srihari and KT Rama Rao supported the Speaker's decision criticized the Congress members for question the authority of the Speaker. KTR questioned as to what action Congress took against the members who defected to the ruling party from 2004 to 2014. He said that the Congress never spoke of violation of Constitution when it encouraged defections while in power and added that it has no right to speak on the issue.
Countering the minister, Opposition leader Jana Reddy said that only party leaders should be allowed to speak on the issues during the time allocated to respective parties and added that they would raise objections if rules are violated. He said that the Congress would not tolerate if the ruling party tries to misuse its power.
Speaking on the issue, MLA Ajay said that it was wrong on the party of any party to stop him from speaking in the Assembly. He said that he had sought time from the Speaker to speak on the issue and the Speaker allowed him. There is nothing wrong in this, he added.
News Posted: 26 December, 2016
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