Andhra Pradesh: YSR Congress to boycott Assembly over defection row

Vijayawada | Wednesday | 5th September, 2018

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The government had also appointed four of the defected YSR Congress legislators ministers, while Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao remained mute spectator to the violation of the rules. “If the Speaker takes action against these legislators, we are ready to attend the Assembly session from the first day,” the legislators announced. “Listing the defected legislators as the YSR Congress members after the end of every session is a shameless thing that the TPD and the Speaker are resorting to,” the legislators said.The YSR Congress legislators also said that they have written to the Speaker and the state government seeking disqualification of the 23 YSR Congress legislators including the four ministers. “The Speaker gives more opportunities to the ruling party, while denying the rights of the Opposition. The Speaker allows several unwanted and unwarranted interruptions when the leader of Opposition speaks..