The Yellow Party Flees

12 Sep, 2016 21:33 IST
  • TDP Government indifferent to people's benefits
  • YSRCP insists on discussion of SCS
  • No access to the leader of opposition to speak
  • Babu's trials to sidetrack SCS
  • Ruling party suppresses the opposition
  • YSRCP leaders to teh assembly for three days in black
  • TDP leaders' atrocities towards opposition leaders inside and outside the assembly
  • Chandrababu promised about bringing special category status to the state but later became dormant. After been caught in cash for vote case, he entered into compromise with the union Government. He pleaded for letting him out of his cases at the cost of the state's special category status. Scared of confrontation from the opposition parties, he suppressed their voice in the recent 3-day assembly sessions. Hardly did the session happen for 1 hour when the Government got the house indefinitely adjourned.
    Chandrababu pretty well knows the advantages of the state having special category status. Still he did not care to question the union Government about it. The reason is his getting caught in audio and video tapes trying to bribe MLAs of Telangana with crores of rupees of money. In order to get out of the case, he mortgaged the lives of 5 crore people.
    Not only did Chandrababu not fight for the status, but he also tried to pose hurdles to opposition YSRCP's fight misusing his power. An illustration for this is cutting the access of microphone to the leader of opposition YS Jagan. 

    First Day (08–09–2016)

    One day before AP assembly sessions started, union finance minister Arun Jaitley made an announcement that special category status would not be sanctioned to AP, but special package would be given instead. CM Chandrababu, instead of condemning it, embraced the announcement and ‘welcomed’ the decision of the union Government. YSRCP leaders, on the other hand, took to condemn it. They marched to the assembly from Tanguturi Prakasam’s statue in Ravindra Bharathi in black on the first day. As the leader of opposition YS Jagan was about to speak, his microphone was pulled out of service within half minute. This led to chaos in the house. The opposition YSRCP proclaimed that it would not keep silent if the wishes of five crore people of AP were being smashed. It insisted on discussion over special category status, keeping all other issues aside. The ruling party declared that the discussion would happen after the CM made a statement about it. Speaker Kodela then adjourned the house. As soon as the session resumed, YSRCP insisted again on the discussion and the house was adjourned to the next day. Speaking on this, YS Jagan criticised the CM for staying indifferent to the centre’s injustice towards the state. He slammed Chandrababu’s welcoming Arun Jaitley’s statement, slaughtering the hopes of the people. He called for a state bandh to be conducted on the 10th of September.

    Second Day (09–09–2016)

    The same was repeated on the second day. Opposition YSRCP again insisted on discussing the special status. The ruling party again stated that the discussion might happen after the CM’s statement. The house got adjourned again by speaker Kodela. After that, YS Jagan spoke to the media and uncovered the Government’s conspiracy to the people. He exclaimed that whatever Arun Jaitley had announced was nothing new but had already been mentioned in the reorganization act. He commented that Babu’s welcoming the union Government’s decision proved his political degradedness. He questioned what was stopping Chandrababu from withdrawing his ministers from the cabinet. He demanded that Chandrababu apologise to the people of AP and resign to his post. He remarked that the union Government was giving whatever was being given to every state with more than one crore of population like educational institutions, petroleum, universities, central institutions, NIMS and RIMS.

    Third Day (10–09–2016)

    On the third day, the session was adjourned as soon as it began. The leader of opposition was hardly given chance to speak. As the leaders of YSRCP approached the media point to express their opinions, the ruling party leaders created a havoc. After a while, speaker Kodela indefinitely adjourned the house.

    The opposition party leaders protested at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. The slammed the tyrannical behaviour of the Government. Speaking to the media, YS Jagan condemned Chandrababu’s bossy way of watering down the hopes of five crore people and moreover hindered the opposition from speaking on behalf of people. All the YSRCP leaders confided that their fight for the achievement of special category status would continue until the status reached the people.