Ponnam Prabhakar insists on Assembly as venue for debate with BRS, not Press Club

Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar declined KT Rama Rao’s call for a Press Club debate, saying the discussion on farmers’ welfare and development should happen in the Assembly. He urged BRS chief KCR to request a special session for the same

Hyderabad: Responding to BRS working president KT Rama Rao’s challenge for a debate on welfare, farming, and development issues, Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said the debate should be held in the Assembly, not at the Press Club.

While Rama Rao had suggested Basheerbagh Press Club as the venue for the proposed debate on various public issues, the Congress Minister insisted that it must take place in the legislative Assembly. He urged BRS chief and Leader of Opposition K Chandrashekhar Rao to write to the Speaker requesting a special session to facilitate the discussion.

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“It is not correct on KT Rama Rao’s part to demand an open debate at the Press Club, Basheerbagh. It can be done in the Assembly,” Ponnam Prabhakar told media persons here on Saturday.

Asserting that the Congress was confident of winning the upcoming local body elections, the Minister reiterated that there was no election code currently in force in the State and said the party was prepared for a debate on all issues with the BRS, provided it was conducted on the floor of the Assembly.