Water In Jagan's Chamber: MLAs, Media Allowed To Inspect Ass

In the wake of allegations over rain water leaking into the chamber of Leader of Opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao said legislators, media personnel and political leaders could inspect the Assembly premises on Friday and Saturday.

Talking to mediapersons at Narasaraopet in Guntur district today, the Speaker said the Assembly complex was inaugurated four months ago, and there was rainfall during the previous Assembly session, too, but while there was no water leakage then, suddenly rain water leaked into the chamber of the Leader of Opposition alone this time. He expressed strong suspicion that the water entering Reddy's chamber must then be part of a conspiracy to defame the state government, and said that the ongoing inquiry was slowly leading to the same conclusion.

He also said that he would have permitted the Opposition members and the media to inspect the Assembly premises had they sought permission earlier, and that in deference to the YSRCP legislators' charge the state government had ordered a CID inquiry. The investigators had questioned several suspects after viewing CCTV footage in the Assembly complex, and had almost concluded that some "mischief mongers" were behind the water flowing into Jagan's chamber to embarrass and discredit the government, he said.