Members of the Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh assembly on Wednesday served a privilege notice against YSR Congress party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for allegedly misleading the House on the suspicious deaths in Jangareddygudem in West Godavari district in the last two weeks due to consumption of illicit liquor.
For the third consecutive day, the TDP members stalled the assembly proceedings demanding a debate on the Jangareddygudem deaths which they said were due to consumption of illicit liquor. They also demanded a judicial probe into the deaths.
As TDP members stormed the podium of Speaker Tammineni Sitaram and continued to raise slogans, deputy chief minister K Narayanaswamy moved a resolution for suspension of the opposition members for one day.
The Speaker immediately suspended all the 10 TDP members present in the House for the day. The suspended members were: Bendalam Ashok Kumar, Adireddy Bhavani, Nimmakayala Chinna Rajappa, V Jogeshwar Rao, Gadde Rammohan, V Ramakrishna Babu, Manthena Rama Raju, Gottipati Ravi Kumar, Yeluru Sambasiva Rao and Anagani Satya Prasad.
Later, the TDP submitted the privilege notice against the chief minister, stating that the latter had misled the House stating that the deaths of as many as 26 persons in Jangareddygudem were not related to illicit liquor supply but were only natural deaths.
“The chief minister sought to divert the issue by quoting wrong figures in the House and avoid a discussion in the House,” the notice said.
Speaking to media later, Satya Prasad said the state government was using ‘dictatorial methods’ to suppress the voice of the opposition in the state assembly.
He said the chief minister had made false claims that there was no illicit liquor available either in Jangareddygudem or anywhere in the State.
