Assembly adjourned

With Telugu Desam Party members continuing with their protest for a joint legislative committee (JLC), deputy speaker Nadendla Manohar today adjourned the house even as major industries minister J Geeta Reddy rose to make a statement on land allotments.

The deputy speaker adjourned the house at 9.20 am but reconvened the session after a gap of about two hours — first to allow the members and the government to make an appeal to fasting CPM leader BV Raghavulu to withdraw his hunger strike. During this period, TDP members resumed their seats and the leader of the Opposition also participated in the discussion.

But when Manohar announced that the minister will make a statement on land transactions Opposition members rushed to the podium . In all these, he even allowed the minister for legislative affairs to move a motion on behalf of the chief minister to commence the process of electing a new public accounts committee.

Later, Geeta Reddy appealed to the members to allow her to read the statement while stating that the government would look into their demand, but in vain. However, as soon as the minister started reading the statement, the deputy speaker abruptly adjourned the house at around 12 noon.