Chandra Babu Naidu for Vivekas dismissal

The ministers and MLAs jostled and shouted at each other over allegations of corruption by former chief minister YSR even as the BJP floor leader, Mr G. Kishan Reddy, the tourism minister, Mr V. Vasanth Kumar, and Assembly marshals separated the agitated members. It was a free for all for a while with the members abusing each other in unparliamentary language. Significantly, the Jagan loyalists pulled up the ministers accusing them of allowing the Opposition to defame YSR. The House was adjourned for seven hours. The TDP chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, demanded that Mr Vivekananda should be immediately dismissed from the Cabinet and refused to allow the proceedings to continue unless the government agreed to constitute a Joint Legislative Committee on land allotments.

When the House was reconvened at 4.30 in the evening, the issue subsided with the Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, offering apologies on behalf of Mr Vivekananda who also expressed regrets. He, however, reiterated that he would not keep quiet at attempts to portray YSR as corrupt. The CM said targeting individuals and resorting to mudslinging would lead to unhealthy incidents in the House. Mr Naidu, while agreeing not to precipitate the matter further, however, made it clear that his party would not stop exposing the misdeeds of YSR just because he was dead. “The misdeeds of a person cannot be exonerated with his death,” he pointed out.