TDP MLAs Meet Speaker Over Revanth Reddy Issue

The TRS members did not allow TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy to speak in the State Legislative Assembly even on Thursday.

Revanth Reddy wanted to raise some issue during the Zero Hour. However, the members of the treasury benches raised objections and created a furore which led to a brief adjournment of the House.

After the House re-assembled, the TDP members protested over the issue and demanded that Revanth Reddy be allowed to speak.

Intervening on the issue, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao pointed out that it was decided to follow the rule of 'One Party, One Minute' during the Zero Hour. Since Prakash Goud had already spoken on behalf of the TDP, Revanth Reddy's request was disallowed.

A few minutes later, when Revanth Reddy wanted to speak during the debate on irregularities in housing societies, the TRS members again objected to the same. This apparently irritated the TDP MLA, and out of rage, he broke the headphones, leading to a ruckus in the House which forced Speaker S Madhusudan Chary to adjourn the House for 10 minutes.

Later, the TDP MLAs called upon the Speaker requesting him to protect their rights in the House.

They requested the Speaker to give a ruling on Revanth Reddy's alleged remarks, and assured that they would abide by it. However, they would not follow the instructions of the TRS members.

They said that there was no rule which needed a member to apologise for his remarks although the Speaker was empowered to expunge the controversial comments from the records. (INN)