Hyderabad, March 17, 2013: Describing TDP’s support
to ruling Congress in the Assembly as a death knell to both the parties, YSR
Congress has demanded the government to disqualify the rebels and conduct
by-polls to take the people’s mandate and prove its real popularity.
“Though Chief Minister has been exhibiting
bravado by saying that he is not afraid of by-polls, there are efforts to delay
the disqualification process and the impending by-election. We demand that the
enlightened members who sailed with the no confidence motion should be
disqualified paving way for by-elections,” the party MLA Bhumana Karunakar
Reddy told reporters here on Sunday.
Local bodies’ elections should also be
conducted on party basis with MPTC and ZPTC elections coming first which will
make it clear as to who will stand tall in the people’s court.
While the tie-up of Congress and TDP had been
in the open on the floor of the house, we are prepared to face the elections
even if the two parties jointly fight the elections, he said.
The main opposition has created record by
keeping away from the no confidence motion and failed in its duty to highlight
the failures of the State Government. This unholy nexus will spell doom to both
the parties and we demand that all those who crossed floor should be
disqualified and by-elections should be held immediately instead of delaying
the democratic process.
There are apprehensions in the Congress and TDP
circles that they may not win people’s support and efforts are on to stretch
the process of disqualification of the rebel MLAs. “The government is trying to
take refuge under some provisions of the law and keep the action against MLAs
at abeyance. It cannot face an election and hence is trying to avoid it,”
he said.
The no confidence motion was moved as the
government was indifferent to people’s plight and TDP sailed with the
government is a fact that was proved beyond doubt.
“Though we lost the no-trust vote in the assembly
by the intrigue of Congress and TDP, we are confident of winning the vote of
people’s confidence and will take the two parties head-on in all the elections,
Karunakar Reddy said.
Whether it is by-election, or local bodies’
elections, we are going to win hands down. We demand that the local bodies
elections should be held on party basis which will show the real strength of
the parties unlike the cooperative elections which were heavily rigged by the
ruling Congress, he said.
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