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Congress bid to stall Council biz fizzles out
The Congress party tried to stall the proceedings of the Legislative Council by staging a walk out from the Council on Tuesday demanding that the session be converted into Monsoon session so that they can discuss the farmers’ issues.
Party members relent and participate in passing GST Bill finally
Hyderabad: The Congress party tried to stall the proceedings of the Legislative Council by staging a walk out from the Council on Tuesday demanding that the session be converted into Monsoon session so that they can discuss the farmers’ issues. However, when Chairman Swamy Goud refused to budge, they returned after a few minutes and participated in passing the resolution on GST.
- Congress members make vain bid to elicit assurance from the Chairman over continuing the session
- Deputy Chief Minister slammed for describing Congress protest as' a waste of time'
As soon as the House met, Leader of Opposition Mohammed Ali Shabbir sought an assurance from the Chairman on continuing the Council session.
The Chairman rejected the demand and called upon Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari to move the resolution on proposed Amendment to the Constitution on GST Bill. As Srihari started reading out the resolution, the Congress members continued with their protest and the proceedings were stalled for about 15 minutes.
Despite the suggestion by the Chairman that all such issues could be discussed at the BAC meeting, the Congress members did not relent and its leaders Poguleti Sudhakar Reddy, Ranga Reddy, Santosh Kumar, Akula Lalitha, Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy and Damodar Reddy rushed to the podium by holding placards demanding total waiver of crop loans. They then staged a walkout when the Chairman refused to budge. However, they returned after a few minutes and participated in passing the resolution on GST.
Speaking to mediapersons at Council Media Point later, Shabbir Ali said although the Congress was not against the GST Bill, it wanted an assurance on the continuance of Council session for at least 15 more days. He said lakhs of farmers across the State were living in deplorable conditions due to the negligent attitude of the State government.
He slammed the Deputy CM for describing Congress MLCs protest as “waste of time”. He said that the TRS government was deliberately neglecting the farm sector and any discussion on it was being viewed as “waste of time”. Shabbir Ali said that the Telangana State was engulfed with several issues including suicide by SI Ramakrishna and Nayeem encounter.
