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AP Assembly 24-02-12: Kanna, Chandrababu War of Words

AP Assembly 24-02-12: In the ongoing debate on liquor syndicates in the state, there was a heated arguement between minister Kanna Laxminarayana and the opposition leader Chandrababu Naidu.                      

AP Assembly 24-02-12: Kanna War of Words With Gali

AP Assembly 24-02-12: The debate on liquor syndicates is in progress in the assembly. Minister Kanna Laxminarayana is representing the government and member Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu is speaking on behalf of the main opposition party, the TDP. Senior TDP leader Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu, who is in possession of reportedly a unofficial copy of the ACB remand report, accused the government of failure on all fronts and termed it a corrupt government. He questioned, why the tainted excise minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, whose name figured in the ACB report for taking bribes from sindicates, is still continuing in job. Why the chief minister hasn't dismissed him till now. Why PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana is continuing in office, when he himself has admitted that his family members own 31 liquor shops and their name too figured in the report. Minister Kanna Laxminarayana replied that the matter was still sub-judice and it was for the court to decide whether Mopidevi has done anything wrong. "How can a minister be sacked basing on the statement of a person with criminal background and moreover the issue still is in court," asked the minister.    

AP Assembly 24-02-12: Kanna Statement on Liquor Syndicates

AP Assembly Session 24-02-12: At last the sensational liquor syndicates issue has been taken up for debate on Friday after the tea break. Minister Kanna Laxminarayana spoke on behalf of the chief minister. The minister told the House that the ACB has conducted raids on 34 liquor syndicate offices in the state. The investigation is still going on. The government is contemplating to bring some changes in the state excise policy. The minister said that since the issue is in the court, it is not proper for the house to discuss such matters at this stage. The TDP members obstructed Kanna's speech and demanded that the ACB remand report be presented in the House. They said that they too are in possession of the copies of the report and they have sufficient basis for all that they are speaking in the assembly.    

AP Assembly Session 24-02-12: Live Videos

AP Assembly 24-02-12 proceedings - Live Videos: As scheduled, the session started at 9 AM on Friday, today. The Speaker Nadendla Manohar disallowed the adjournment motions moved by the opposition parties and commenced the Question Hour for the day. Though two-day suspension of 11 TRS members ended yesterday, they registered their protest by abstaining from the assembly.                  

AP Assembly 24-02-12: Debate on Liquor Syndicates

AP Assembly Session 24-02-12: Both the government and main opposition party TDP are getting ready to debate on the sensational liquor syndicates issue today. The Telugu Desam Party is going to target state excise minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana and PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana. These two leaders are being targeted because, while Mopidevi's name figured in the ACB remand report for allegedly taking Rs. 1o lakh bribe from the liquor syndicates, Botsa's family is into the liquor business. On the other hand, the Kiran Kumar government is also well prepared to hit back at the opposition and defend its members as well. Senior minister Kanna Laxminarayana along with leaders Kannababu, Dronamraju Srinivas, Bhikshapathi Goud, Krishna Reddy, Mastan Vali and Anil will participate in the debate on behalf of the government. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is also well prepared for onslaught on the opposition. He held a three-hour meeting with excise and ACB officials yesterday and gathered all the details about the issue.    

AP Assembly 23-02-12: Chandrababu Gets Emotional

AP Assembly Session 23-02-12: In a bid to give clarification to the allegations levelled against him by chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy in the House, Chandrababu Naidu got emotional. In his reply to discussion on thanks-giving for Governor's Address, the chief minister had said that Chandrababu Naidu was the root-cause of the Emaar scam. On request, Chandrababu was allotted ten minutes by the speaker to give his clarifications. While he was speaking the ruling party members interrupted him continuously. However, Naidu read out from the high court and supreme court judgements that have dismissed cases against him. Through these judgements, he tried to establish that he has nothing to do with Emaar and IMG Bharata cases.    

AP Assembly 23-02-12: CM-Chandrababu War Of Words

AP Assembly Session 23-02-12: Pandemonium started in assembly on Thursday by the main opposition Telugu Desam Party members, when CM Kiran Kumar Reddy made some oblique remarks against TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu. In his reply to discussion on thanks-giving to Governor's Address, the chief minister said that Chandrababu Naidu was the root-cause for the Emaar scam. This flared up the TDP members, who rushed into the speaker's podium and started raising slogans against the CM. There was pandemonium in the house for quite sometime and the speaker tried to passify the protesting TDP members. They insisted upon the speaker to allow their leader to speak. In spite of relentless appeals by he speaker, TD members didn't relent and CM had to end his speech abruptly. At this juncture, assembly affairs minister Sridhar Babu also appealed to the TD members to calm down and let the CM finish his speech. He assured them that the speaker would allow their leader to speak after CM completes his speech. But the protestors didn't heed to him and continued with their protest.                                  

AP Assembly 23-02-12: Akbaruddin Owaisi Speech

AP Assembly Session 23-02-12: In the ongoing budget session on Thursday, MIM party leader Akbaruddin Owaisi spoke on the current situation in the state.                      

AP Assembly 23-02-12: Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu Speech

AP Assembly Session 23-02-12: In the ongoing budget session on Thursday, Telugu Desam Party senior leader Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu spoke on length about the failures of the government. He expressed anguish over the poor state of affairs in the State and held Kiran Kumar government responsible for it. He reminded the Speaker about the assurance that discussion on liquor mafia would be taken up in the house. He questioned when that discussion will take place.        

AP Assembly Session 23-02-12: Normalcy Restored?

AP Assembly Session 23-02-12: Normalcy seems to have been restored in the state assembly with 11 TRS members kept out of the House under suspension. Surprisingly, the ongoing budget session started on Thursday morning without any turbulence. Today also the Speaker Nadendla Manohar disallowed adjournment motions moved by the opposition parties and the Question Hour proceedings started on a peaceful note. With sanity returned, the session is in progress transacting prescribed business as per the BAC agenda.                 

TDP Complains to Governor Against Minister Parthasaradhi

The Telugu Desam Party led by its supremo Chandrababu Naidu complained to the Governor against minister Parthasaradhi's uncouthly behaviour in the Assembly on Wednesday. TDP, in its complaint said that Parthasaradhi's objectionable behaviour in the House today proved that he is unfit to continue as a minister anymore and asked the Governor to remove him immediately. It also mentioned about its intention to move privilege motion against the minister. During his speech on the thanks-giving to Governor's address, the TDP leader slammed the Kiran Government for its failure on all sectors - law and order, agriculture, industrial promotion, farmers welfare, education, minorities and women welfare. He alleged that minister Parthasaradhi has sent e-mail to the concerned officials for Indiramma house allotments asking them to allot houses only to the persons recommended by the Congress leaders. He said that the minister is behaving as if the goverrnment is his 'jagir' and warned him that he would land in Chanchalguda jail shortly. For this, minister Parthasaradhi retaliated severely and said that he didn't send any such e-mail and have done nothing against the laid down rules. He has allotted houses in the district (Krishna district, for which he is incharge minister) only to the eligible applicants who applied online and during Rachchabanda programs. He is ready to face any punishment, if it is proved that he has done any wrong. The minister said that it is the prerogative of the ruling party to allot the houses to the eligible in accordance with the guide lines of the government. They don't need opposition leader's guidance in doing so, said the minister. This infuriated the opposition leader Chandrababu Naidu and there was a lengthy war of words between the them.                        

AP Assembly Session- 22-02-12: 11 TRS MLAs Suspended

Speaker Nadendla Manohar announced that the five adjournment motions moved by TRS, MIM and three others have been disallowed. This sparked off protests from the members who moved the motions. The Speaker tried to passify them but the din continued in the House. Summarily, the speaker adjourned the House for half an hour. After half an hour the House was reconvened and TRS members again persisted with their demand. At this juncture, minister Dharmana Prasada Rao tabled the motion to suspend the 11 unruly TRS members for two days. Accordingly, the Speaker suspended 11 TRS MLAs for two days. The BJP and CPI members staged a walkout in protest of suspension of TRS members. TRS floor leader Etela Rajender said "The suspension of TRS members has once again proved that this House is not AP Assembly, but it is "Seemandhra Assembly"."      

AP Assembly Session - 22-02-12: Live Videos

Andhra Pradesh assembly budget session - 22-02-12, Wednesday: As usual the session began at 9 AM. Commencing business, Speaker Nadendla Manohar announced to the House that the five adjournment motions put forth by various members have been disallowed. The Speaker disallowed adjournment motions pertaining to passing of a resolution for creation of separate Telangana state moved by Etela Rajender of TRS, about injustice being done to urdu speaking muslim youth in recruitments moved by Akbaruddin and others of MIM, Harassment of government employees after month long strike moved by E Laxminarayana, taking up of drought relief meassures in the state moved by G Mallesham and regarding regularisation of employees working under Indira Kranthi Padham moved by Julakanti Ranga Reddy. Upon this, there was a lot of uproar in the House by the disgruntled members. However, Speaker is trying to pacify the members in order to continue the session uninterrupted.      

AP Assembly - 21-2-12: Adjourned For Tomorrow

After a three-day break, the AP Assembly Budget Session resumed on Tuesday at 9 AM. Right from the beginning, the TRS and MIM parties created pandemonium in the House with demand for adjournment motion. While MIM party demanded for an adjournment motion on police atrocities on muslim youth, the TRS insisted on passing of Telangana resolution by the House. Members of both the parties MIM and TRS surrounded the speaker's podium raising slogans. Though Speaker assured the protesting members that he would allow the motion later, they didn't relent and continued with their protest. Accordingly, the speaker had to adjourn the session for tomorrow - Wednesday, without transacting any business.      

AP Bypolls: Congress Announces 3 Candidates

The Congress leadership in Andhra Pradesh has surprised other parties by announcing 3 of its candidates for the ensuing bypolls to the seven constituencies in the state on 18 March. Ms Vijayalakshmi from Mahaboobnagar, Damodar Reddy from Nagarkurnool and Mr Vishnuvardhan Reddy from Kollapur will contest as congress candidates in the by-elections. Ministers DK Aruna and Ponnala Lakshmaiah announced the names in Hyderabad today after 3-hour long meeting with the Mahaboobnagar district congress leaders. Chief Minister Kirankumar Reddy also participated in the meeting. Kirankumar said on Friday his party has almost finalized the candidates for the by polls but the party would make a final review of the probable candidates before a final selection is made on Sunday. However, the party announced the names today itself to the surprise of everyone.

Andhra Pradesh Budget-2012-13: Salient Features

The State Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy on Friday presented the Andhra Pradesh Budget 2012-13 in Assembly with the overlay of a 'tax-free and revenue-surplus' budget. The overall expenditure under the budget has been put at Rs. 1.45 lakh crore. He told the assembly during his budget speech that the overall expenditure comprises of Rs.91,824 crore under non-plan and Rs.54,030 crore under plan heads. Presenting his second budget, Ramnarayan Reddy said the fiscal deficit was estimated to be Rs.20,008 crore while the revenue surplus would be Rs.4,444 crore. The minister announced that the government would continue welfare schemes like "Arogyasri", free electricity to farmers and Rs.1 a-kg rice to people below the poverty line. The budget has provided Rs.1,075 crore for interest-free loans to farmers and women's self-help groups. Under the Rajiv Vidya Mission, 15 lakh jobs will be created by 2014. "The government has increased the allocations for agriculture, irrigation, rural development, health and other sectors," told the finance minister.

AP Assembly Budget Session: TRS MLAs Suspended

In the ongoing AP Aseembly Budget session, 11 Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs have been suspended for unruly behaviour in the House on Friday (17-02-12). An Independent MLA was also suspended. Four CPI MLAs and two BJP members walked out in protest against the suspension of TRS MLAs. The main opposition Telugu Desam Party, which had disrupted the House for three days demanding sacking of ministers involved in the liquor syndicates, today boycotted the Question Hour. The TRS members, who too had been stalling the proceedings for the past three days demanding a resolution on Telangana statehood, continued with their protest on Friday as well by storming the Speaker’s podium. Even after repeated appeals by the Legislative Affairs Minister D Sridhar Babu to let the House transact business, the TRS members didn't relent and continued to disrupt the proceedings. Speaker Nadendla Manohar adjourned the proceedings for half-an-hour as the TRS legislators continued the din. Noisy scenes continued even after the House re-assembled an hour later. At this juncture, CPI and BJP legislators were on their feet at their respective positions and raised slogans seeking a resolution on Telangana. Amid the din, the Legislative Affairs Minister moved a motion for suspending the TRS members from the House for the day. The motion was carried through voice vote and marshals were called in to evict the suspended MLAs. CPI floor leader G Mallesh protested the TRS MLAs’ suspension and lashed out at the Congress for failing to keep its word on creation of Telangana state. BJP floor leader Y Lakshminarayana accused the Congress of taking a U-turn after promising Telangana. Later the CPI and the BJP MLAs walked out of the House in protest. The House then took up discussion on the motion of thanks to Governor’s address.

AP Assembly Budget Session : Day 4

Assembly Budget Session 2012 : AP Assembly from this wood go at 9 am on 16-2-2012, The opposition TDP and TRS parties insisted on morning adjournment motion on liquor syndicates and corruption issues. Though assembly affairs committee chairman D Sridhar Babu announced that this government is ready to discus any issue today and asked the opposition members to come out with their topics, But the opposition members didn't relent and continued raising slogans. The speaker also tried to convince them that discussion would be taken up as per the laid down procedure. The speaker repeatedly invited the protesting members to participate in the discussions, The TDP and TRS didn't agree for that and continued their protests. He asked why they are not participating when the government is ready for any issue the opposition wanted to discuss. When the discussion in the house was uncontrollable, The speaker adjourned the proceedings for half an hour.                 

AP Assembly Budget Session: Adjourned on Day 3 Also

Amid pandemonium, Speaker Nadendla Manohar adjourned the assembly for tomorrow consecutively on the day 3 also. The unrelenting oppososition members stormed the speaker's podium and raised slogans in protest of disallowing adjournment motions put forth by them. While TDP members demanded a discussion on the liquor syndicates and demanded dismissal of ministers involved in liquor syndicate business, TRS demanded for the assembly resolution for creation of a separate Telangana. First the House was adjourned for half an hour by the speaker. When the House reassembled, opposition members again persisted on putting forth adjournment motions, which the speaker rejected as per the rule. Even Minister Sridhar Babu announced that the government was ready to discuss all issues including the liquor syndicates. But the TDP members were not satisfied with the assurance and continued sloganeering leading to pandemonium in the assembly. The helpless speaker, finally adjourned the house for tomorrow, Thursday.   Video Source:tv9