With Thursday being the last day of the Budget session, there are remote chances that the House will discuss other issues now.
The state Legislative Assembly could function for hardly 14 minutes on Wednesday, with members of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party disrupting the proceedings, seeking discussions on the suicides for the Telangana cause and demanding a resolution on statehood for the region.
As soon as the House met at 9am on Wednesday, TRS, TDP and BJP MLAs, and independent member Nagam Janardhan Reddy, gave separate adjournment motions seeking a discussion on the Telangana issue.
However, Speaker Nadendla Manohar disallowed all the motions, a move which triggered protests. TRS and TDP members rushed to the Speaker's podium to press for their demand. Following an uproar, the Speaker adjourned the House for 15 minutes.
The House met again at 11:22am. The Speaker tried, in vain, to pacify the agitating members.
Expressing regret over the suicides, Nadendla Manohar condoled the deaths, and asked the protesting members to resume their seat so that the House could discuss the matter.
However, the uproar continued despite repeated requests by the Speaker, which led to the adjournment of the House again for 10 minutes.
Earlier, some Congress members from the region, too, joined the protest, and shouted pro-Telangana slogans.
Similar scenes were witnessed when the House resumed its business at 12:13pm.
Amidst the din, Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy presented the supplementary estimates of expenditure for 2011-12.
Seeing no signs of restoration of order in the House, the Speaker adjourned the House for the day, at about 12:17pm.
It may be mentioned here that that House was scheduled to have a short discussion on steps to eradicate corruption, power supply position and Minimum Support Price for agricultural produce.
However, the Telangana issue over-shadowed all other issues. With Thursday being the last day of the 40-day-long Budget session of the state Legislative Assembly, there are remote chances that the House will discuss these issues now. (INN)