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Defections disrupt T Assembly
The issue of defections rocked the Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday and the House was adjourned for the day without transacting any real business as Congress MLAs stalled the proceedings during the Question Hour.
House adjourned for the day without transacting any real business as Cong MLAs stall proceedings
Hyderabad: The issue of defections rocked the Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday and the House was adjourned for the day without transacting any real business as Congress MLAs stalled the proceedings during the Question Hour.
Two adjournments for 10 and 30 minutes respectively did not bring order as the Congress members demanded a discussion on their adjournment motion, forcing Speaker S Madhusudana Chary to adjourn the House for the day.
The Congress members, sporting black badges, were on their feet as soon as the House sat for the day's proceedings and demanded that their adjournment motion on ‘defections being encouraged by the Chief Minister’ be taken up for discussion immediately.
The Congress' adjournment motion came in the backdrop of defection of several Congress and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislators into the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the last few days. Even on Sunday, the Chevella Congress MLA defected to the TRS, infuriating the Opposition party. The Congress insisted that the issue be discussed in the Assembly and that the Speaker disqualify the defectors. Legislative Affairs Minister T Harish Rao said it was the Congress that encouraged defections during Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's time and hence it had no moral right to talk about it.
Information Technology Minister K T Rama Rao mocked the protesting members saying “Everyone knows how the Congress poached 10 out of 26 TRS MLAs to its side when it was in power between 2004 and 2009. You are now trying to preach sermons.”
As Congress MLAs remained in the Well of the House raising slogans, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings for 10 minutes. Order was not restored when the House resumed, leading to a second adjournment for 30 minutes. When the House reassembled, the Speaker announced that the adjournment motions moved by Opposition parties were disallowed and adjourned the House for the day.
