Hyderabad, February 18: Cutting across the regional divide, Ministers unequivocally condemned the behaviour of the TRS legislators in and outside the House.
Led by senior Ministers — Anam Ramanarayan Reddy and K. Jana Reddy– , the Ministers expressed their utter dismay over the way the incidents unfolded in the Assembly. Recalling the protests during the Governor’s address in the past when members conveyed their resentment by remaining in their places, the Ministers said the behaviour of the TRS MLAs made the legislators hang their heads in shame.
“No one has stooped to such a low in the past and this is nothing but ridiculing the democratic norms. The members should introspect on their actions and we wish they will repent for what they did,” Mr. Ramanarayan Reddy said. They urged the Speaker to initiate stringent action against those responsible to ensure that such incidents did not recur.
Naidu criticised
Minister Botcha Satyanarayana criticised Leader of Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu for not controlling his party members. Another Minister S. Sailajanath said by indulging in unruly scenes, the TRS legislators displayed their intolerance to other’s views and opinions. He also faulted Mr. Chandrababu Naidu’s silence on the behaviour of his party legislators during the Governor’s address.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders heaved a sigh of relief that party legislators from the Telangana region were not present in the House, when the incident occurred. A Minister dreaded the very thought of some aggressive party legislators from the region joining hands with the TRS during the protest. Leaders from the Seemandhra region are seething with anger at the unprovoked assault on Mr. Jayaprakash Narayan and MLC Paladugu Venkata Rao. Eluru MP Kavuri Sambasiva Rao deplored the incidents and said the Centre could carve any number of States in Andhra Pradesh only after making Hyderabad a separate State.
–Agencies