KCR asks BRS members to apologise to Speaker; insists on smooth functioning of House

Leader of Opposition and BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao, asked the party members to apologise to the Speaker of the Telangana Assembly

Hyderabad: Expressing their readiness to apologise to the Speaker irrespective of anything unparliamentary uttered or not uttered by senior member and former Minister G Jagadish Reddy, BRS members urged Speaker G Prasad Kumar to resume deliberations in the house facilitating discussion on public issues. This was after they took up the issue with Leader of Opposition and BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao, who asked them apologise to the Speaker and allow the session to continue.

Speaking at the media point, Vemula Prashant Reddy said the issue, which resulted in a stand-off between the treasury benches and the opposition paving the way for adjournment of the House for over four hours, was taken up with Chandrashekhar Rao who in turn requested them to apologise.

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“As advised by the BRS chief, we prefer to avoid any confrontation and facilitate the smooth functioning of the house,” Prashant Reddy said, insisting that the records of Jagadish Reddy be reviewed in the presence of the Speaker and all the floor leaders to ascertain whether he was at fault. The BRS member criticized the government for adjourning the assembly for four hours without any substantial reason and demanded that the records of Jagadish Reddy’s comments be reviewed by an all-party committee. He urged the government not to suppress the voice of the opposition.

He explained that Jagadish Reddy raised concerns about the Congress party’s unfulfilled promises made before the elections. He highlighted that the promises of loan waivers for farmers, Rythu Bharosa, Rs.2500 for women, and Rs 4000 for the unemployed were not implemented.

Quoting Jagadish Reddy, he emphasized that the “assembly belongs to everyone and that all members should have equal rights’. Jagadish Reddy had said that it was not just a Congress assembly, Prashant Reddy said, adding that however, his comments were mistaken for disrespect to the Speaker, leading to a disruption of the proceedings.

He said the BRS members had conveyed their decision to the Speaker as well as Legislative Affairs Minister, but they were yet to respond.