Hyderabad: A war of words broke out between the main opposition TDP and ruling Congress members in Andhra Pradesh Assembly this afternoon as Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy sought to defend the "tainted ministers," who were under the CBI scanner in Jagan's illegal assets case. The Telugu Desam Party demanded that all tainted ministers be dropped from the Cabinet while the Congress took strong exception to the "tainted" tag.
The House had to be adjourned twice as the TDP MLAs stormed the Speaker's podium over the issue even as the Chief Minister said they were ready for any debate on the issue if the Speaker allowed it in a proper form. It began when TDP deputy leader Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu tried to compliment Deputy Speaker Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who was in the Chair, for running the House in an orderly fashion.
"Wish Speaker Nadendla Manohar too runs the House like this," Gali remarked evoking a sharp reaction from Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana. As Kanna started speaking, the TDP members were on their feet and referred to him as a "tainted minister" and asserted that they would not listen to him.
Kanna tried to hit back at the TDP MLAs and protested being labelled as a "tainted minister" when the CBI did not even make any allegation against him (in the Jagan's case). He went out to dig into the past and dubbed TDP as a party of thieves. The Opposition legislators rebutted Kanna's attack with equal
06:29 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Hyderabad: The strength of the Andhra Pradesh assembly was reduced by 15 members after nine Congress and six TDP MLAs were disqualified for voting in favour of the no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy in March. Most of these MLAs have turned out to be loyalists of YSR Congress President Jagan Mohan Reddy. But sources said their plans to affect bypolls in their constituencies may have failed since...
07:08 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Hyderabad: Congress MPs G Vivek, M Jagannath and senior party leader K Keshav Rao, who had quit the ruling party over Telangana issue, formally joined TRS on Sunday in the presence of its president K Chandrasekhar Rao at a public meeting in Hyderabad on Sunday evening. A few former ministers and leaders from Congress, TDP and other parties also joined TRS on the occasion. Slamming Congress for not keeping its...
12:20 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Hyderabad: YSR Congress leaders and workers on Tuesday held rallies across Andhra Pradesh against the "unlawful" detention of their party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy for the past one year. Leading the protest, party honorary president Vijayamma and Jagan's wife YS Bharati sat on a day-long protest at Indira Park in Hyderabad. Party leaders and activists accused the ruling Congress and main opposition TDP of hatching a political conspiracy against Jagan....
01:46 AM, May 29, 2013
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has said a "Third Front" would form the next government at the Centre and his party would play a decisive role in that. "The Congress-led UPA is down and on the way out. The NDA is in no position to pick up. A third alternative (front) will emerge at the Centre and form the next government," Chandrababu said, delivering the inaugural address at...
06:09 PM, May 27, 2013
Vijayawada: CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury said in Vijayawada on Sunday that the UPA government should reveal the names of those involved in the coal scam. "The government should reveal the names of the people involved in the coalgate scam. The resignation of either Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Law minister Ashwani Kumar would not serve any purpose unless names of the people involved in it come out," Yechury said....
12:14 AM, Apr 29, 2013
How has Andhra Pradesh responded to the bandh call over power tariff hike? Political analyst & independent member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council K Nageshwar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. People put the politicians to power and have got to pay a high price for it? Is it maladministration or sheer rational pricing which makes the government compelled to hike the power tariff. Asked by:...
05:38 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Hyderabad: Opposition parties have begun a statewide in Andhra Pradesh to protest against the power tariff hike. Road traffic is likely to be affected in Vishakhapatnam and Vijayawada but autos and buses are plying in Hyderabad. Banks will also remain open in Hyderabad but schools and clleges have declared a holiday. The Left sponsored shutdown has been supported by the main opposition the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the YSR...
01:36 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Hyderabad: Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh have called for a statewide bandh on Tuesday even after the government provided some relief from the steep hike in electricity prices. The shutdown has been supported by the main opposition, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the YSR Congress. The Bharatiya Janata Party, however, has called for a separate strike. Meanwhile, police have shifted YSR Congress leaders, who have been on an indefinite...
07:56 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Hyderabad: Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh have decided to go ahead with their statewide shutdown on April 9 despite the government providing some relief from the steep hike in electricity tariff announced last week. Bowing to pressure from the opposition and also a section of its own leaders, the Congress government exempted consumers using 200 units or less a month from the tariff hike. However, the latest relief from the...
12:24 PM, Apr 05, 2013
In a midnight crackdown, Hyderabad police forcibly shifted fasting leaders of the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to a state-run hospital after their condition deteriorated. Policemen lifted 29 TDP legislators into waiting vehicles and shifted them to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), where they were forcibly given medical aid. ...
11:21 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Opposition Telugu Desam Party on Thursday night submitted petitions to Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar seeking disqualification of nine of its MLAs for defying the party line. ...
03:06 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday drew flak the Opposition, which demanded that he immediately step down from his post owning responsibility for twin bomb blasts that claimed 16 lives on Thursday. Telugu Desam Party MP T Devender Goud and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao came down heavily on the government stating that it ignored the Centre's warning on terror strikes....
09:26 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Why the Congress is dragging its feet on Telangana. CNN-IBN's deputy bureau chief Pallavi Ghosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
11:38 AM, Feb 06, 2013
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Suddala Devaiah has been remanded to judicial custody till January 22, by a local court in Karimnagar on Wednesday, for allegedly laying siege to the office of Transco's Superintending Engineer (SE) in Karimnagar town. ...
02:44 AM, Jan 10, 2013
A special CBI court in Hyderabad on Wednesday extended till January 17 the judicial remand of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy and other accused in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case. ...
06:10 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Telugu people living not just in Andhra Pradesh, but all across the world await the outcome of the all-party meeting convened by the Union Home Ministry on Friday in New Delhi on the Telangana statehood issue, though political parties themselves are cynical about its outcome. ...
06:08 AM, Dec 28, 2012
Protests in all three regions of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday marked the third anniversary of the central government's announcement to initiate the process of forming a separate state of Telangana. ...
09:27 AM, Dec 10, 2012
One of three Rajya Sabha members of the Telugu Desam Party, who were absent during the vote on the foreign direct investment bill in the upper house of parliament, on Sunday sent his resignation to party president N Chandrababu Naidu. ...
10:09 PM, Dec 09, 2012
The central government's decision to convene an all-party meeting on Telangana issue later in December has triggered war of words between the two major political parties in Andhra Pradesh with the Congress rejecting the TDP's demand to spell out its stand. ...
04:48 AM, Dec 08, 2012
