TDP MLAs disrupt Andhra Assembly proceedings over Chandrababu Naidu's arrest

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet met on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and approved bills such as the Contract Employees Bill, 2023 and the Andhra Pradesh Guaranteed Pension Scheme APGPS bill and others.

Amid sloganeering by opposition TDP members demanding the release of former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram adjourned the House briefly on Thursday.

Soon after the House proceedings began, the TDP members rushed to the podium with placards and surrounded the Speaker. The Speaker requested the opposition TDP legislators to go to their seats and allow the question hour to continue.

There was a heated argument and exchange of words between the ruling party and opposition members.

Responding to the TDP members adjournment motion on Naidu's arrest in connection with the Skill Development Corporation scam, Legislative Affairs Minister B Rajendranath said they can raise this topic in the business advisory council meeting.

Nearly a dozen legislators from the opposition party raised slogans standing beside the Speaker's chair, holding black placards as TDP state president Kinjarapu Atchennaidu was watching from the well.

The pandemonium continued even as Social Welfare Minister Merugu Nagarjuna was rebutting allegations that the Kalyanamasthu scheme was discontinued. Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu hit out at Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna, saying that the Assembly is not a movie after he allegedly twirled his moustache.

Following a TDP Legislature Party meeting on Wednesday, the opposition party leaders decided to attend the Assembly session and resolved to face any kind of adverse situation in their fight against the YSRCP government led by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.

TDP legislators vowed to fight against the alleged illegal arrest of Naidu, government 'atrocities', ruling party leaders' graft and public issues both in the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly.

Palakollu MLA and TDP politburo member Nimmala Ramanaidu, addressing a press conference, noted that they have extensively reviewed the ruling party’s performance in the past four years and come to a conclusion that the hallowed Assembly has been allegedly converted into a ruling party office.

Ramanaidu lambasted the government for allegedly cornering the lion's share of the time to speak in the Assembly while choking the opposition party to only 10 minutes to raise its voice.

He highlighted that the TDP Legislature Party will expose the alleged fake cases filed against Naidu and the conspiracies behind them to present the truth to the masses from the Assembly. Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet met on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and approved bills such as the Contract Employees Bill, 2023 and the Andhra Pradesh Guaranteed Pension Scheme (APGPS) bill and others.