Hyderabad, May 29: The Telugu Desam has decided to move a no confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government on the farmers’ issue in the next session of the Assembly.
Talking on the sidelines of Mahanadu, the Telugu Desam MP, Dr M.V. Mysoora Reddy, said on Saturday that the party would move the motion since it had 90 MLAs whereas the YSR Congress, led by Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who had been threatening to topple the government, had only one.
“We will certainly move a no confidence motion on the farmers’ problems. The party has been fighting for farmers’ causes and will stand by them,” Dr Reddy said. Taking potshots at the YSR Congress, the MP wondered how the party could bring down the Congress government with just a single MLA. “If they want to pull down the government with one MLA they can go ahead. We have 90 MLAs. Even then the government will not fall,” the leader remarked.
Describing Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy’s statement as immature, he said if they gave a notice for no confidence, the Governor would call for a show of strength. Dr Mysoora Reddy added that any MLA could move a no confidence motion against a government but the same had to be backed by 10 per cent of the strength of the House — 30 in this case — to have a floor test.
–Agencies