We Will Keep Doing It If SCS Demands It

• The Government is showing vengeance towards the opposition
• Babu and Venkaiah deceived 5 crore people of AP
• People of the state are worried about the SCS
• Is it wrong to try to make people’s voice heard?
• Why is action not being taken on Babu for promoting party defection?
• We shall not leave our fight for SCS at any cost
• YSRCP MLAs in press conference

Hyderabad: YSRCP MLAs criticised that the TDP Government was acting vengefully towards the opposition party MLAs. After they presented themselves in front of the assembly’s privilege committee for inquiry over the chaos created in the recent assembly sessions, MLAs Muthyala Naidu, Alla Ramakrishna Reddy, Kambala Jogulu, Dr.Sunil Kumar and K.Sanjeevaiah spoke to the media.

They slammed the way AP CM Chandrababu and cabinet minister Venkaiah Naidu had welcomed the special package announced by the Union Government in place of special category status, despite having been the persons demanding for 15 years and 10 years of the status respectively at the time of bifurcation of the state and at the time of elections. In light of 5 crore people of AP feeling the insult given by Babu and the left parties and the people's organisations feeling that Babu and Venkaiah had deceived the people in the matter, leaders of YSRCP had tried to make the people's voice heard in the assembly by insisting on discussion regarding the matter to happen in the house during the sessions, but the Government had oppressed their trials by rejecting the adjournment notice they had submitted, stated the MLAs. They also recollected how their party’s president YS Jagan had not been given access to the microphone to speak about the issue.

YSRCP MLA, RK, expressed sadness considering the notices sent by assembly privilege committee. He questioned why action was not being taken against Chandrababu, who has promoted party defection and decorated the leaders who had won elections with YSR’s blessings and YS Jagan’s assistance and later shamelessly defected YSRCP to join TDP, with his party’s scarves, despite YSRCP submitting notices pertaining to the issue to assembly committees. He remarked that it was unfortunate that the Government had chosen assembly as the dais for suppressing the opposition party that had only tried to make people’s voice heard. He declared that they would jump onto the benches in the assembly and create chaos again and again if Chandrababu and Venkaiah Naidu did not realise their mistakes at least now.

RK questioned how Chandrababu had brazenly come out to say that the state should accept the special package announced by the central Government in spite of having made unanimous resolution twice earlier in the assembly. He proclaimed that YSRCP leaders would continue to fight for the sanction of special category status at any cost on behalf of people.

RK stated that they had to create chaos in the assembly in order to represent the agitation going on among the people throughout the state. He revealed that they had to behave in such a way during the assembly sessions in order to resist the Government that was evading discussion on the sensitive issue. He mentioned that it was the responsibility of the opposition YSRCP to speak up in support of sanction of special category status that would aid the development of the state in all areas. He reminded how YSRCP president YS Jagan had announced that the party’s MPs would resign if necessary for the cause.

Questioning who had given Babu the right to deny people of their rights and how he could welcome special package one-sidedly, he remarked that Chandrababu had entered into compromise with the union Government after having been caught red-handed in Cash for Vote case. He suggested that the Government should follow ethics at least now and come forward to speak to the centre in support of the sanction of the status.