Pandemonium prevailed in the Assembly for some time on Tuesday with TDP members demanding withdrawal of cases slapped against their party leader N Janardhan Reddy under SC, ST (prevention of atrocities Act).
Janardhan Reddy first raised the issue during zero hour and alleged that false cases were being slapped on him under instructions from the chief minister’s office. Sensing the belligerent mood of the TDP members, speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy adjourned the House for tea break. When the House re-assembled, he took up the discussion on budget and asked Congress member S Shailajanath to resume his speech.
TDP MLAs were up on their feet and raised the issue again. Deputy speaker N Manohar had a tough time in restoring order as Congress members resorted to counter attacks. At this stage, legislative affairs minister K Rosaiah intervened and said that Janardhan Reddy could move a privilege motion to raise the issue.
At his stage, TDP leader G Muddukrishnama Naidu entered into a heated argument with Rosaiah while pleading with the Speaker to allow him to make his point. A visibly angry Rosaiah chided him and said, "You should be ashamed of your behaviour." The minister said that it was not possible to withdraw the case before the completion of the probe into the case.
According to the complaint, one P Bangaraiah accused Janardhan Reddy of abusing him by referring to his caste when he pleaded with the MLA not to obstruct the social audit work.
But Janardhan Reddy talking to media on Tuesday said that this was yet another attempt by the chief minister to arm-twist TDP members. He said on July 22 he had gone to participate in a social audit programme of NREG works at Telkapally village in his Nagarkurnool constituency as an observer. The social audit was ordered following a complaint lodged by him on irregularities in implementation of the programme.
While the social audit was on, Congress activists created a ruckus and pulled down the shamiana. He along with the officials and party workers went into the office of mandal parishad development officer and waited there till 6 pm for the issue to subside before going back to Nagarkurnool and next day a case was lodged against him.
He said the entire programme was recorded on video. Police and the authorities can see and decide what had happened. Janardhan Reddy said in the last session the CM threatened him that he would not allow him to enter the Assembly. "At that point, I thought he (CM) would try to defeat me in the polls but never imagined that he would encourage his people to falsely implicate me in such cases."
Janardhan Reddy first raised the issue during zero hour and alleged that false cases were being slapped on him under instructions from the chief minister’s office. Sensing the belligerent mood of the TDP members, speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy adjourned the House for tea break. When the House re-assembled, he took up the discussion on budget and asked Congress member S Shailajanath to resume his speech.
TDP MLAs were up on their feet and raised the issue again. Deputy speaker N Manohar had a tough time in restoring order as Congress members resorted to counter attacks. At this stage, legislative affairs minister K Rosaiah intervened and said that Janardhan Reddy could move a privilege motion to raise the issue.
At his stage, TDP leader G Muddukrishnama Naidu entered into a heated argument with Rosaiah while pleading with the Speaker to allow him to make his point. A visibly angry Rosaiah chided him and said, "You should be ashamed of your behaviour." The minister said that it was not possible to withdraw the case before the completion of the probe into the case.
According to the complaint, one P Bangaraiah accused Janardhan Reddy of abusing him by referring to his caste when he pleaded with the MLA not to obstruct the social audit work.
But Janardhan Reddy talking to media on Tuesday said that this was yet another attempt by the chief minister to arm-twist TDP members. He said on July 22 he had gone to participate in a social audit programme of NREG works at Telkapally village in his Nagarkurnool constituency as an observer. The social audit was ordered following a complaint lodged by him on irregularities in implementation of the programme.
While the social audit was on, Congress activists created a ruckus and pulled down the shamiana. He along with the officials and party workers went into the office of mandal parishad development officer and waited there till 6 pm for the issue to subside before going back to Nagarkurnool and next day a case was lodged against him.
He said the entire programme was recorded on video. Police and the authorities can see and decide what had happened. Janardhan Reddy said in the last session the CM threatened him that he would not allow him to enter the Assembly. "At that point, I thought he (CM) would try to defeat me in the polls but never imagined that he would encourage his people to falsely implicate me in such cases."
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