'Using unparliamentary remarks undemocratic'

Hyderabad, July 23: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu, while objecting to the Chief Minister's remarks against him in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, today said using unparliamentary remarks against the Opposition leaders was undemocratic.

Talking to newspersons here, he said the Government was not allowing the Opposition to raise any issue concerning the people in the House and was resorting to counter-attacks by using 'filthy' language.

He alleged that the State Government was allowing illegal mining in Obulapuram in Ananthapur and refused to allow the Opposition party Legislators to visit Obulapuram. The leasee was illegally mining crores of Rupees worth iron ore from the area adjoining the site, he added.

Mr Naidu accused the Speaker of not allowing the Opposition to raise the matter in the House and siding with the Government as per the Chief Minister's advise.

He defended the Legislators and the fact-finding Committee had every right to visit the places wherever illegal activities were going on to find out the actual facts so as to truty can be placed before the people.

Mr Naidu said democracy in the State was in a 'dangerous' position and there was no protection to the Opposition MLAs in the State. He alleged that when he was trying to give details about the illegal mining activities in Obulapuram, the Chief Minister objected to his speech and the Speaker also did not allow him to speak.

He said the TDP would bring to the fore all corrupt practices of the Government in the House.

UNI