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Speaker must clarify
The mystery surrounding the submission of resignation letter to the Speaker by Minister for Commercial Taxes Talsani Srinivas Yadav before he was sworn in as minister by Governor ESL Narsimhan can now be resolved only if the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly clarifies the situation.
Talasani resignation issue remains a mystery
Hyderabad: The mystery surrounding the submission of resignation letter to the Speaker by Minister for Commercial Taxes Talsani Srinivas Yadav before he was sworn in as minister by Governor ESL Narsimhan can now be resolved only if the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly clarifies the situation.
Yadav on Tuesday reiterated that he had sent the letter to the Speaker on December 16, 2014 and said that the issue was pending with the Speaker; two former Speakers feel that there appears to be some violation of procedure. While repeated efforts to contact the Speaker did not fructify, former Speaker K R Suresh Reddy said that as per the procedure the Speaker should forward the resignation letter submitted by the member of the House to the Secretary immediately and seek relevant information on the content mentioned in the letter.
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The Speaker before accepting the resignation has to seek clarifications from the member and it is the secretariat that informs the member as to when he should come for the meeting. “I am sure the Assembly secretariat would not have given reply to the query under RTI without consulting the Speaker,” he said.
In this case there is a possibility that the Speaker might now say that the letter is under his consideration and the file has not been sent to the secretariat since he enjoys powers which allows him to keep the resignation letters with him, Reddy said.“Even if we presume that Speaker did not forward the letter to the Secretary, the legislator should pursue the issue with the Speaker constantly. It is the duty of every member of the Assembly to seek the Speaker’s reply on his resignation,” he said.
Another former Speaker said as per procedure the Speaker has to verify if the resignation was under coercion or was given willingly. In case of Talsani, he had even been sworn in as a minister and hence there is no question of coercion. So the Speaker could have taken instant decision on his resignation. Both the former Speakers were of the opinion that the Governor had violated the 10th Schedule of the Constitution by allowing him to be sworn in as minister.
“It is a clear case where he should be disqualified and dismissed by the Governor,” they added. Experts feel that not accepting the resignation if it was submitted to the Speaker for about six months was an ‘unethical act’. Here there is no issue of anti defection law. Anti defection law is applicable if one violates the whip and votes or if one goes against the interests of the party on whose symbol he was elected and participates in public meetings of other parties.
In case of Talsani it is a clear case of resignation and hence there is no reason why a decision should be delayed for so long, they said. Meanwhile, the TTDP leaders led by E Dayakar Rao called on the Governor and demanded that Talsani be sacked. Unhappy over the routine reply by the Governor that he would look into the issue, they sat on dharna near the entrance of Rajbhavan. The police arrested them and took them to Punjagutta police station.
By:V Ramu Sarma
