Oppn forces Speaker to adjourn House abruptly

Hyderabad, Mar 20 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker K R Suresh Reddy today abruptly adjourned the House during the Zero Hour as the Opposition TDP members stalled the proceedings over the alleged accusation made by Panchayat Raj Minister J C Diwakar Reddy in connection with a murder in Anantapur District.

Tempers ran high as TDP Legislature Party Deputy Leader T Devender Goud made personal allegation against the Minister following which the ruling party members staged a noisy protest.

The Speaker immediately expunged the remarks made by the TDP leader and allowed Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy to speak.

Protesting against withdrawal of the mike, TDP members rushed to the well of the House and loudly argued with the Speaker who maintained Zero Hour motion could not be turned into a full-fledged debate.

Even as the TDP members were protesting, the Agriculture Minister made some counter allegations against the TDP which were later expunged by the Speaker.

Earlier, the Panchayat Raj Minister denied using unparliamentary language against a television reporter as alleged by the TDP.

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