Disqualification of 16 MLAs: Decision Left to High Command

Though AP chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is on the upbeat by winning the no confidence move against his government, his party is in dilemma over seeking disqualification of 16 of its MLAs who defied the party whip and voted in favour of the no-confidence motion.

The state Congress is said to be concerned over the prospect of facing by-elections to 24 seats in one go, at a time when it is facing rough weather in Telangana region over the statehood issue and due to the Jaganmohan Reddy factor in Andhra-Rayalaseema regions. It will be a miracle if the Congress wins even one seat in Telangana as it faces strong antagonism in the region for the "dilly-dallying" on the statehood issue, political observers say.

The mood is also not said to be favourable for the party in the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions because of the 'Jagan factor', it is said. By-elections will become inevitable to these 16 seats currently held by the Congress and another by the Praja Rajyam, if these MLAs are disqualified for violating their respective party whips. Though another Congress MLA defied the whip and abstained from voting in the no-confidence motion, the party is in no mood to proceed against him now, informed sources said.

PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana and several senior ministers, who met Kiran Kumar Reddy at the CM's camp office this morning and discussed about the issue. While the ministers and Botsa unanimously opined that the defying MLAs should be disqualified, the chief minister reportedly told them that he would seek party affairs of the state incharge Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad's opinion in this regard and then will take a decision.

The stakes will be too high for the Congress in all the regions as it is the party in power, the observers say. Already, its own strength has been reduced to just 137 in the 294-member House following resignations and defections by MLAs. Probably that could be the reason for Kiran Kumar Reddy choosing to put the onus on Gulam Nabi Azad to decide the fate of the 16 MLAs who defied the whip.

 

 

 

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Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.