More MLAs await KCR's nod to defect to TRS
HYDERABAD: It seems the pink party will no longer remain pink in the coming days. The ruling TRS in Telangana appears to be gaining more hues with each passing day as defections from other parties to it are continuing unabashedly.
Days after some of the TDP MLAs and Congress legislators jumped on to the TRS bandwagon in search of greener pastures, some more MLAs from both the parties are said to be waiting in the wings to wear pink kanduvas.
Proving this, Deputy Chief Minister and TRS leader Tadikonda Rajaiah said, 'As many as 10 MLAs of the Congress are ready to jump into TRS. They are eagerly waiting for the green signal of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for their induction into the party'.
Interestingly, Rajaiah made these remarks even as Speaker Sirikonda Madhusudanachary initiated disciplinary proceedings against two MLAs of the Congress -- Redya Naik and K Yadaiah, who had crossed over to the TRS, based on the disqualification petitions filed by the Congress and the YSRC against the duo.
The Speaker three days ago issued notices to these two Congress MLAs, who had switched their loyalties to the TRS.
Though the ongoing exodus of MLAs from the Congress and the TDP to the ruling TRS does not alter the official numerical strength of the pink party in the Assembly, the party leaders feel that this would definitely lower the morale of the opposition parties in the State.
Meanwhile, some of the workers of TRS and the Congress virtually fought with each other during the inaugural of 40-bed additional ward to the mother and child care centre at Gadwal in Mahbubnagar.
Activists of both the parties resorted to fisticuffs and hurling of personal abuses even as Deputy Chief Minister was watching the scene in utter shock.
Earlier, as soon as the meeting began, some supporters of former minister and Congress leader DK Aruna allegedly barged on the dais, objecting to the way TRS leader Krishna Mohan Reddy was allowed to sit on the stage. This act was retaliated by the TRS workers. Soon, it led to clash between the activists of the two parties.
As both the groups resorted to fisticuffs, tension prevailed for a while at the meeting venue. Police had to resort to baton charge to control the clashing groups so as to restore normalcy.
News Posted: 7 December, 2014
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