The Andhra Pradesh Assembly was adjourned for the day without transacting much business as Opposition Telugu Desam Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti disrupted the proceedings on no-confidence motion and Telangana issues respectively.
The TDP and the TRS members stormed the Speaker’s podium as soon as the House assembled and forced two adjournments initially.
The TDP MLAs were demanding that the House take up the no-confidence motion while the TRS raised the demand for a resolution in the Assembly seeking creation of Telangana.
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On the other hand, a few Congress MLAs from Telangana stood up at their respective places and raised slogans seeking a separate State.
Within two minutes after the proceedings began, Speaker Nadendla Manohar adjourned the House for ten minutes. Similar scenes were witnessed when the House re-assembled after half-an-hour.
The Speaker said he was in receipt of the TDP’s notice for no-confidence motion and would take a decision on it as per rules and procedures.
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This did not pacify the TDP legislators and they insisted on an immediate debate. The TRS members were equally vociferous in their demand for a resolution on Telangana.
This forced the Speaker to adjourn the proceedings for 30 minutes the second time.
The Speaker then held a meeting with floor leaders of all parties in his chamber to break the deadlock.
After the House re-assembled, the TDP members relented following an assurance by the Speaker that he would make an announcement on the no-confidence motion. The TRS MLAs, however, continued with their slogan-shouting, standing at the Speaker’s podium.
Amidst the din, the Speaker asked the ministers to move three government bills. Though condolence motions were to be taken up for paying homage to some departed former MLAs, the TRS members didn’t let that happen.
Speaker Manohar then adjourned the House for the day.