Chaos in Assembly as KTR, Congress engage in heated exchange
During the budget demands discussion, Government Whip Adi Srinivas accused BRS MLAs of staging protests in the Assembly lobbies and entrance, alleging these actions violated Assembly rules and were merely theatrical displays. He called for action against the opposition MLAs, attributing their current opposition status to past corruption and irregularities.
Hyderabad: The Telangana Assembly witnessed chaos on Wednesday as BRS working president KT Rama Rao and ruling Congress members clashed over corruption allegations, leading to disruption in the House.
During the discussion on the budget demands, Government Whip Adi Srinivas alleged that BRS MLAs were enacting a drama and violating Assembly rules by staging protests in the lobbies and also at the Assembly entrance. Demanding action against the opposition MLAs, he alleged that they ended up in the opposition during their corruption and irregularities.
Strongly objecting to Srinivas’ remarks, BRS working president and senior MLA KT Rama Rao stated that Adi Srinivas was bringing up unnecessary issues. He recalled his association with Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in the House for last 16 years since when he was a new MLA and Bhatti Vikramarka was Deputy Speaker of the House.
“I have great respect for him. But it is wrong on part of Adi Srinivas to attribute statements which I never uttered against him. If I want, I can also call the Chief Minister a ‘Vote-for-Note CM’ or say this is a 20 per cent-30 per cent commission government, as alleged by Jedcharla MLA Anirudh Reddy. I have only cited the protests by contractors and urged the government to resolve the issue,” he remarked, referring to allegations of corruption.
The heated exchange intensified when Rama Rao pointed out that even Congress Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy had earlier alleged that the Chief Minister secured the post by spending Rs 50 crore. However, his mic was abruptly switched off, sparking outrage among BRS MLAs.
As Congress and BRS members traded barbs, Speaker Gaddam Prasad announced that KT Rama Rao’s remarks will be expunged from the records, while BRS legislators loudly protested, demanding that Adi Srinivas’s statements be removed from Assembly records as well.
