Telangana
legislators heckle governor, chaos in Andhra assembly
Thursday February 17, 2011 03:00:44 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: The Andhra
Pradesh legislature plunged into unprecedented chaos Thursday,
with Telangana legislators heckling Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan as
he was addressing a joint session on the first day of the budget
session.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) members tried to snatch papers from
the governor's hands and uproot mikes, forcing him to cut short
his customary speech.
Legislators of the TRS, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India
(CPI) continually raised slogans of "Governor go back". Some
legislators, mainly from the TRS, tore copies of his speech and
threw the pieces at him.
TRS, TDP and other pro-Telangana legislators alleged that the
governor was anti-Telangana and hence had no right to address the
legislature on the land of Telangana.
The protest coincided with the beginning of a non-cooperation
movement in Telangana demanding introduction of a bill in
parliament for formation of a separate Telangana state.
Unprecedented scenes were witnessed as the governor, who was
visibly upset over the protest, completed his speech in less than
15 minutes and left the assembly. The governor skipped many pages
of his 40-page address as his security personnel and marshals of
the assembly stood like a wall between him and the legislators.
As soon as the governor began his speech, the Telangana
legislators were on their feet protesting lack of mention of the
Telangana movement in his address and demanding a resolution in
the assembly for formation of Telangana state.
The TRS legislators advanced towards the podium, tore copies of
his speech and threw papers at him.
As Narasimhan continued his speech, TRS legislator K. Sammaiah
went closer to him, tried to uproot the mike and snatch the papers
as the governor's personal security officer came to his rescue.
The assembly staff snapped the live telecast of the governor's
address.
Marshals, who were called in by Deputy Speaker Nandendla Manohar,
bodily lifted out TRS, TDP and BJP legislators who had trooped
into the well of the house. The chairs of the governor, the deputy
speaker and the council chairman were turned upside down in the
scuffle between legislators and marshals.
The governor resumed his speech but other Telangana legislators
continued slogan shouting. Amid pandemonium, he cut short his
speech and the house was adjourned for the day.
The TRS and TDP alleged that some legislators were injured as
marshals used force to evict them.
The majority of ruling Congress party legislators from Telangana
were not present in the house as they have been camping in Delhi
for the last few days demanding that the central leadership of the
party table a Telangana bill in parliament.
"At a time when people in Telangana have launched non-cooperation
movement, the governor made no mention of Telangana and hence we
tore his speech copies and threw it on his face," TRS legislator
Harish Rao told reporters, justifying their action.
TDP leader N. Janardhan Reddy said his party would continue to
stall the legislature from Friday. "We will continue our protest
till a bill is tabled in parliament and the assembly passed a
resolution for a separate Telangana state," he said.
Blaming the governor for suppressing the Telangana students'
agitation by deploying paramilitary forces, TDP legislator E.
Dayakar Rao said people would not keep quiet till he goes back to
Delhi. "We will not allow him to visit Telangana districts," said
Rao.
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