TDP whip Dhulipala Narender has urged the Speaker to take action against all the nine MLAs of the party for defying the Whip during the No Confidence motion.
"I am surprised to hear some of them saying that they did not receive the Whip," he said.
Earlier, three TDP MLAs - S Venugopala Chary, Harishwar Reddy and Chinna Ramakotaiah - told the Speaker that they did not receive the Whip, and that hence, the question of disqualification does not arise.
In fact, it has been reported that Chinna Ramakotaiah resorted to offensive tactics by questioning the basis of issuing a Whip for the no-confidence motion, a day ahead of the no-trust motion.
Speaker N Manohar has adjourned the hearing of the three MLAs to May 18. (INN)