Ten Telangana TDP MLAs, who staged close to 12 hour sit in inside Speaker S. Madhusudhana Chary’s chamber demanding action against the legislators, who had defected to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, were evicted and sent to the NTR Trust Bhavan on Tuesday night. After the House was adjourned for the day, Assembly staff and marshals urged the agitating MLAs to move out. They were persuaded and bodily lifted and brought out from the Chambers. They were escorted out of the Assembly premises by the City police and dropped at the NTR Trust Bhavan.
Earlier in the day, the TTDP Floor Leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao and Deputy Floor leader A. Revanth Reddy, the TDP legislators walked into the Speaker’s chamber before the House commenced its sitting. They sought a clarification on the disqualification of the TDP legislators including Commercial Taxes Minister Talasani Srinivasa Yadav, who had defected to the TRS in the last few months. They insisted that the Speaker give them answer before the House commenced its proceedings.
The Speaker is said to have told them that they could not dictate terms and reminded them that he would act as per the laid down procedures. The Speaker then went into the House to chair the proceedings. The agitated MLAs then squatted on the floor of the Speaker’s chamber. It may be mentioned here that the TTDP MLAs had been suspended from the House for rest of the session after the Governor’s address on March 7 for the ugly scenes witnessed on that day.
Earlier, the BJP floor leader K. Laxman appealed to the Speaker to lift the suspension as only two days remained for the budget session to conclude. Congress MLA J. Geetha Reddy too echoed similar sentiment.
