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Andhra
assembly adjourns, TDP fumes as trust move is ignored
Saturday June 04, 2011 08:54:23 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad:
The Andhra Pradesh assembly was Saturday adjourned without taking
up no-confidence motion moved by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) against
the state's Congress government. The main opposition party has
urged the governor to convene a special session for the purpose.
Newly-elected Speaker N. Manohar adjourned the house sine die
after it elected the speaker and the deputy speaker. He did not
respond to the no-confidence motion submitted by the TDP earlier
in the day.
An angry TDP accused the government of running away from the trial
of strength, and said it was reduced to minority in the house.
TDP legislators led by party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu met state
Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and urged him to convene a special
session of the assembly to enable it take up the no-confidence
motion.
Naidu argued that as per the assembly rules, the no-confidence
motion has to be taken up within 10 days after the notice for it
is submitted. He said the government has lost the confidence of
the people and it cannot run away from the assembly.
The leader of opposition once again challenged YSR Congress party
chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to parade before the governor the
legislators supporting him to demonstrate his strength.
The governor had convened the one-day session of the legislature
for the election of the speaker and deputy speaker of the assembly
and the chairman and vice-chairman of the council.
The assembly was adjourned sine die after it elected Manohar as
the speaker and Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka as his deputy.
The ruling Congress party said there was no need for taking up
no-trust motion as the election of the speaker and deputy speaker
has proved its strength in the house.
Earlier, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy told reporters that
the government was ready to face any no-trust motion. He said it
was for the speaker to take a decision on the motion.
He said the ruling party proved its strength in the election of
the speaker and deputy. "This was despite the absence of some of
our legislators. The numbers will be much bigger when the house
takes up no-confidence motion," he said.
In the 294-member house, Manohar was elected speaker with 158
votes while K.E. Krishnamurthy of the TDP secured only 90 votes.
On rebel legislators attending the meeting with YSR Congress party
chief Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the chief minister said the party
would take appropriate action against them at an appropriate time.
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