AP assembly begins on stormy note as TDP presses for debate on job calendar

The monsoon session of the Assembly began on a stormy note on Thursday as TDP legislators protested both inside and outside the House against the government’s “failure” to implement the job calendar.

The protest was led in the assembly by the party’s state president and Tekkali MLA K. Atchannaidu and outside the assembly, MLC N. Lokesh did it.

The TDP moved an adjournment motion soon after Speaker Thammineni Sitaram began the Question Hour, pushing for a debate on the issue, but to no avail as it was rejected after objections raised by ministers Bugna Rajendranath Reddy and Ambati Rambabu went.

Mr Rajendranath Reddy objected to the disruption caused by the opposition MLAs and requested the Speaker to restore order by suspending them, lest they continue to disrupt the legislative business.

Ignoring repeated pleas by Mr. Sitaram to let the Question Hour go smoothly, the TDP legislators kept on raising slogans. Some of them were standing on the chair of the Speaker.

Mr. Sitaram told the agitating legislators that they would take a decision on the adjournment motion after the Question Hour is over.

But, as the TDP MLAs did not agree, the YSRCP legislators hit back asking whether former Chief Minister N. Where did Chandrababu Naidu claim to have created jobs during his tenure?

This was followed by a war of words between the members of the Treasury and the Opposition Bench, which was cut short by the Speaker announcing a short break.

After a while the House resumed and it remained chaotic, forcing the Speaker to give it another break after offering condolences to the five former MLAs.

This was when Mr Sitaram announced his rejection of the adjournment motion moved by TDP legislators, who strongly condemned it, saying the government was running away from its responsibility to explain its “failure”.