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Protests rock both Houses
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Protests Rock Both Houses. TRS, BJP, T TDP, CPI and CPM leaders called on the Speaker and gave a notice of breach of privilege against the chief secretary for the “delay” in sending the Bill to the Assembly.
S No business conducted on day two
S T leaders give breach of privilege notice against Chief Secretary
S T Ministers demand immediate debate on T bill
S Seemandhra lawmakers seek resolution to stop bifurcation
Hyderabad: Both houses of the Andhra Pradesh legislature were rocked by protests on Friday as legislators from Telangana, across party lines, demanded immediate debate on the Bill for a separate State, while the lawmakers from Seemandhra wanted a resolution to be passed to stop the State's bifurcation.
The State Assembly was adjourned twice while the legislative council was adjourned for the day as lawmakers from Telangana and Seemandhra trooped into the wells of the two Houses. The Assembly was finally adjourned for the day without transacting any business.
The T MLAs, cutting across party lines, demanded that the T Bill be circulated immediately and a discussion to be initiated at the earliest. Worried over the delay, Ministers from Telangana called on Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Speaker Nadendla Manohar and demanded that the Bill be immediately taken up.
TRS, BJP, T TDP, CPI and CPM leaders called on the Speaker and gave a notice of breach of privilege against the chief secretary for the “delay” in sending the Bill to the Assembly.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders from Seemandhra also met Chief Minister and discussed their strategy to delay debate on the bill.
Even before the Speaker entered the House, the legislators from all parties, including those from the ruling Congress, surrounded the Speaker's podium and raised slogans for and against Telangana. The Speaker, later, rejected the adjournment motion moved by TRS members for immediate discussion on the Telangana bill.
Similar scenes were witnessed in the legislative council. Chairman A Chakrapani adjourned the House for half-an-hour as members from Telangana and Seemandhra resorted to sloganeering. As the pandemonium continued after the House re-assembled, the chairman adjourned it for the day.
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