AP Assembly speaker Ch. Ayyannapatrudu asks for clarity from YSRCP MLAs that `will they come to the Assembly?’. He asked the former Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, who is now talking about democracy, to explain why the members of his party did not come to the assembly earlier? Is this the respect he gives to the temple of democracy? Is this the respect those members give? Ayyanna got angry.
The Speaker said that the assembly sessions can be held from 17th and 18th of this month. It would be good if any citizen of India talked about democracy. But, he said that it would be very disgusting if former Chief Minister Jagan talked. Asking how many anarchies happened during the previous government, he wondered how can the former CM say that the government is doing something against democracy?
He recalled that those were the days when not a single nomination was filed there. “I saw him on TV talking about the CM like that? Have you gone mental?” he wondered and advised him that this is not a way to talk. He asked, “What is the real agenda of your party? What is your idea?”. Stating that even great leaders also lost in elections, he referred to the defeat of Indira Gandhi NTR in polls.
But, he asked, had earlier so many nominations ever been filed in Pulivendula? Moreover, he recalled that now 11 nominations have been filed. “Every day, 2 questions come for your members in the assembly. Out of 10 questions, 2 questions will be allotted to your members numerically. However, the YSRCP MLAs are talking, but why are they not coming to the assembly to question hour?”, he asked.
He lamented that two questions are being wasted because of them. “If you do not come for those two questions, tell me. Those questions will be allotted to another party. I request all the members to come to the assembly. Will you come? Give me clarity. I have to make a decision on these”, he said. The Speaker got angry saying that they are drowning in questions.
He recalled that during the last government, only 75 working days were held in 5 years. “We resolved in Patna that every assembly in India should be held for at least 60 days. Under the new government, meetings have still been held for 31 days”, he said.