Eleven lawmakers suspended for stalling assembly

Hyderabad: With the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) continuing to stall the proceedings of the state legislative assembly, speaker N. Manohar yesterday suspended the 11 MLAs of the party.

As the House met in the morning, the TRS members were once again on their feet demanding that the assembly pass a resolution in favour of a Telangana state. Not able to restore order in the House, the speaker adjourned for half an hour.

When the TRS members continued to stall the proceedings even after the House resumed, the speaker announced the suspension of the members.

Later, the TRS members staged a demonstration at the Telangana Martyrs memorial opposite the assembly building and alleged a link between the Congress and the Telugu Desam party against the TRS.

Senior TRS leader T. Harish Rao said the two parties had joined to prevent the TRS from raising the demand of Telagana in the assembly.

"The people of Telangana are watching and they will teach a befitting lesson to them. We will see them in the court of the people," he said referring to the forthcoming by elections to the six assembly seats in the region.

Harish Rao said the people of Telangana wanted to know when the House will pass a resolution in support of separate state.

"If they want to conduct the House smoothly, the government should clarify when it will move the resolution in Telangan," he said.

Harish Rao targeted the leader of opposition N. Chandrababu Naidu and wondered why Telugu Desam Party members were not opening their mouths to demand a Telangana resolution.

‘No right to seek votes'

"Naidu, who changed his stand on Telangana overnight, went to console the families of the people who died after consuming spurious liquor but never condoled the 800 people who committed suicide for Telangana," he said.

"Naidu has no right to seek the votes from the people of Telangana. In fact if Naidu campaigns in the by election, the TDP will not get even the ten votes," he added.