The Speaker N manohar has issued notices to the nine Congress MLAs who defied the whip and votes in favour of the No Confidence Motion. Earlier, congress party has complained to the Speaker to take against them for not toeing the party line.

The nine MLAs include, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, S Krishna Ranga Rao, Alla Nani, Dwarampudi, Jogi Ramesh, M Rajesh, Sivaprasad, G Ravikumr and Perni Nani. Now the ball is in the Speaker�s court.

On hearing from the members he can take a decision to disqualify them which will force another by-election. The issue can be kept pending for some more time and with general elections due in next year, there must be a minimum gap of six months for by-elections and the general elections due date.

 

The telangana Rashtra Samithi on Saturday demanded that IT Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah resign from his post for his failure to get adequate water for irrigation in his own constituency in the district.

A delegation of TRS leaders inspected various villages including Jangaon, Raghunathpally and Khilashpur to study the prevalent drought conditions. Talking to reporters later, TRS floor leader Etela Rajender said that crops spread over hundreds of acres have dried up due to erratic supply of water and electricity.

Referring to the challenge posed by the IT Minister stating that he would quit from the post even if one acre of land had dried up in his constituency, the TRS leader said that the minister should accompany TRS delegation to witness the dried up lands and as offered, he should resign from his post.

Police have foiled the indefinite fast of the TDP MLAs past midnight on Saturday. As the health condition of several MLAs had deteriorated, police intervened and reached the old MLA quarters, venue of the fast, in large numbers. Police took the permission of the Speaker Nadendla Manohar to enter the premises. About 150 policemen swooped on the camp and dispersed party workers who tried to prevent the arrest of their leaders. They have taken the MLAs into custody and shifted them to the NIMS hospital in ambulances.

TDP senior MLAs Motkupalli Narasimhulu and Yerrabelli Dayakara Rao expressed their ire at the government for arresting them at midnight, when they were fighting on people�s problems. They made it clear that they would intensify the agitation, by launching fasts in all the mandal headquarters on Saturday.

It may be recalled that 29 public representatives including MLAs, MLCs and a Rajya Sabha member have been fasting since four days. The health of two women MLAs Vimalakka and Satyavati Rathod totally deteriorated on Friday itself.