Entire Opposition Stages Walk-Out

All opposition parties, on Tuesday, together, staged a walk-out from the state Legislative Assembly - in protest against the state government's failure to announce a date for a discussion on the issue of tainted ministers and controversial GOs in the House.

When the House met in the evening at about 4:40 pm, Deputy Speaker Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka allowed a presentation of government bills. However, members of all opposition parties stood up from their seats and demanded that the government announce that the issue of corrupt ministers would be discussed in the House on March 28 as decided in the meeting of the Business Advisory Council.

When the government continued with the presentation of the bill, members of all parties other than the Congress walked out of the House in protest.

Later, addressing a joint press conference, the leaders of opposition parties slammed the state government for going back on its word.

TDP's deputy floor leader Gali Muddu Krishnamma Naidu accused the government of having cheated the opposition by not announcing a date for the said discussion.

He said the government was not giving any value to the decisions taken during the BAC meeting. He said that all opposition parties would fight unitedly against the government on the subject of corruption.

MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi said that the government's attitude was not correct. TRS floor leader Etala Rajender alleged that the Congress was trying to suppress the voice of the Opposition parties.

Lok Satta's Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan lamented the fact that thanks to the government's behaviour, he himself was staging a walk-out from the House for the first time after being elected as an MLA. However, he said that the government's attitude has united all the opposition parties on the issue of corruption.

CPM's J Ranga Reddy, CPI's K Sambasiva Rao and BJP's E Lakshminarayana also condemned the Congress party's behaviour. (INN)