No-Confidence motion: T, Jagan parties put Andhera Pradesh CM on notice

 

15th Mar 2013

Vijayamma along with other YS Congress leaders distributing candle and plastic fans during a protest against the power-cut in Hyderabad on the road leading to AP Assembly

 

C R Gowri Shanker

Hyderabad: Ignoring the Telugu Desam’s decision to back out, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti and the YSR Congress, on Thursday served separate notices to the legislature secretary seeking to move a no-confidence motion against the Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.

 

The TD has decided to stay neutral and has also issued a whip to its party MLAs to stay put in their seats and neither support nor oppose the no-confidence motion when it comes up for voting.

 

TRS floor leader Etala Rajender told the Telugu Desam to stop politicking and support the motion. YSR Congress deputy floor leader Dharmana Krishna Das described the whip by the Telugu Desam as a 'shameful act' and asked the party to reconsider its decision on the same.

 

No-Trust vote could be taken up on Friday

 

Since the No-Trust motions by the TRS and YSRC were issued after the Assembly session began at 9 am on Thursday, it will be taken up by the Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Friday, it is reliably learnt.

 

After issuing the notice to the legislature secretary seeking leave to move a No-Confidence motion against the Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, YSR Congress deputy floor leader Dharmana Krishna Das said, “The Congress has lost the right to rule the state due to failure on all fronts. Four parties have extended support to the motion. This government has failed to check spiralling prices of essential commodities, and resorted to unprecedented power cuts causing untold hardship to all sections of people. We are doing everything to pull down this government.” 

 

“All sections of people are unhappy with the government because of its lopsided policies,” he added.

 

“This House expresses no confidence in the Council of Ministers,” said the TRS notice to the secretary of the state Legislature under rule 75 (1) (B) of the Rules of Procedure and conduct of business in the AP Legislative Assembly. The TRS notice was signed by 21 MLAs from the TRS, BJP, CPI and the Telangana Nagara Samiti.

 

The TRS legislature party headed by Etela Rajender has 17 MLAs in the House and the support of two independents, S. Satyanarayana and Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, which brings the total to 19. It also has the support of 11 MLAs from other parties, ensuring that it has the required 30 MLAs mandatory for the Speaker to go in for the No-Confidence motion to be introduced.The YSRC with 17 MLAs, also served notice for leave to move the motion.

 

BJP floor leader G. Kishan Reddy, CPI leader Gunda Mallesh and Telangana Nagara Samiti president and MLA Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, signed the no-confidence motion notice, while the CPM and the Lok Satta promised to back it in the House. of no confidence against the Council of Ministers headed by Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy, under a similar rule.