Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Nadendla Manohar has sent a show-cause notice to a number of rebel MLA' from the Congress party for not taking the side of their party during the no-confidence motion session.
Nine Congress MLAs who defied the party whip during the no-confidence motion, when their votes could have proved crucial for the party, are not being shown the door. The signal from the High Command to act tough has emboldened the state Congress leaders to act...
In this episode of Encounter with Murli Krishna, TDP leader Payyavula Keshav is first asked about the TDP staying away from the no-confidence motion that was tabled in the Assembly last Friday. Keshav clarifies why his party stayed away, which allowed the Cong...
During the debate on the no confidence motion tabled by the TRS and YSR Congress, Harish Rao listed out failures of the government. Congress MLA Kanna Babu lavished full praise on party leader K Chiranjeevi.
TDP's Mothkupalli Narasimhulu launches a spirited attack on YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's party and the companies and wealth that Jagan had managed to accumulate in span of less than a decade. He also attacked the state government over the woeful power situation in t...
During the debate on no confidence motion, the Assembly witnessed a curious phenomenon: TDP versus YSR Congress, TDP versus Congress, YSR Congress versus TDP and Congress, and TRS versus Congress and TDP. TDP's Mothkupalli Narasimhulu attacked the YSR Congress...
During the debate on the no confidence motion in the Assembly today, YS Vijayamma is left defending her husband YS Rajasekhara Reddy and son Jagan Mohan Reddy. The YSR Congress had tabled a no confidence motion against the Congress government. Earlier TDP's Mu...
YSR Congress MLA Shobha Nagi Reddy speaks in reply to Labour Danam Nagender's statement. Her statement was interrupted by the TDP MLAs, and Deputy Speaker Batti Vikramarka had to bring peace before Shobha got to resume her speech. Labour minister Danam Nagende...
Labour minister Danam Nagender rises to speak after YSR Congress honorary president YS Vijayamma had delivered her written speech. Danam said it was surprising that the YSR Congress was supporting the no confidence motion being tabled by a party like the TRS.
YS Vijayamma, whose party has put forward one of the two motions of no confidence against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government today, read out a prepared speech. This was in contrast to other leaders who spoke upfront. She listed out a litany of failures of the go...
It is one of the most heated debates in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The debate over the no confidence motion and the speeches made by the leaders of the TRS and YSR Congress and their replies from the TDP and the Congress party frequently veer to personal att...
TDP's Payyavula Keshav and Mothkupalli Narasimhulu launch a spirited defence of their party chief Chandrababu Naidu. Motkupalli Narasimhulu quotes the Bible in the Assembly during the debate today on the no-confidence motion. Mothkupalli quotes the Bible to sa...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and TRS MLA Harish Rao had an heated argument over the relative lack of development in the Telangana region. Earlier the CM had shouted back at Harish Rao after he accused the CM of neglecting the region. In his retort Harish R...
An unusually angry Kiran Kumar Reddy stopped short of thumping his thighs like actor Balaiah does in his movies. The CM got hot under the collar when he was accused by Etela Rajender of neglecting the Telangana region. He was answering to the diatribes against...
YSR Congress honorary president YS Vijayamma reads out from a prepared statement during the debate on the no-confidence motion. Her speech is followed by that of Labour Minister Danam Nagender who says it is unfortunate that the YSR Congress is supporting the ...
Civil Supplies Minister D Sudhir Babu presents the government measures on providing agricultural subsidies and inputs to farmers. He was talking during the debate on the no-confidence motion that was tabled today in the Assembly by the TRS. TRS MLA Harish Rao ...
An unusually angry Kiran Kumar Reddy stopped short of thumping his thighs like actor Balaiah does in his movies. The CM got hot under the collar when he was accused by Etela Rajender of neglecting the Telangana region. He was answering to the diatribes made by...
A very combative and unusually aggressive Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy replies to TRS MLA Harish Rao's diatribe against top political posts in the state being occupied by leaders from the non-Telangana region. CM says it was the Congress that made a person...
This is the start of the proceedings during the tabling of the no-confidence motion by the TRS against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government. TRS leader Etela Rajender tables the motion that is followed by a head count. The MLAs of CPI, CPM, BJP, YSR Congress and t...
The real face of the TRS and the YSR Congress has been revealed in their efforts to table a no-confidence motion, says TDP leader Revanth Reddy. He said the motion moved by the TRS had no mention at all of the Telangana issue.
Shobha Nagi Reddy once lay at the feet of Chandrababu Naidu when she was in the TDP and now that she is in the YSR Congress party, she has no right to criticise the TDP party chief, says Seethakka, TDP leader.
TDP's Lingareddy and TRS' KT Rama Rao explain their respective stands on the no-confidence motion. The TDP is the chief Opposition party in the Assembly. The TRS attacks the TDP for acting in support of the ruling Congress. Srinivas Reddy of the BJP attacks th...
The Telugu Desam Party defends its stand on abstaining from supporting the motion of no-confidence, in the Assembly, against the Congress government. Bojjala and Devineni clarify why the TDP plans to abstain during today's motion.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi party, which moved a no-confidence motion against Kiran Kumar Reddy government in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, has asked all Opposition parties to unite and support the motion. TRS MLA KT Rama Rao also blasted the Telugu Desam Par...
On the third day of the Budget session of the AP Assembly, Speaker Nadendla Manohar announces the tabling of two no-confidence motions, one from the TRS and another from the YSR Congress.
Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly today received two notices to table a no-confidence motion against Kiran Kumar Reddy-led government. One was from the TRS and the other from YSR Congress. The Congress, however, is confident of its numbers, but is tense about...
In a frank chat with the media, on the sidelines of the second day of the Budget session, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy says that he is not unduly worried about the no-confidence motion being tabled by the TRS and the YSR Congress. The CM also hinted at a r...
TRS MLA KT Rama Rao explains the injustice to the Telangana region and the state from the Centre in the recent Railway and Union Budgets. He also said the CM failed to obtain the requisite amount of funds for cyclone affected areas of the state.
Nagam Janardhan Reddy, who walked out of the TDP to form his own party, has a verbal altercation with his former colleague Mothkupalli Narasimhulu inside the Assembly premises today. Media persons had to intervene to prevent escalation of the verbal war.
The TDP has asked its MLAs to remain neutral during the no confidence motion in the Assembly. The TRS has issued notice of no confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government that could come up for discussion in the Assembly tomorrow.
Congress has pointed out that the TRS in its no confidence motion did not mention a word on Telangana in the notice given to the Speaker. The Congress government may face a no confidence motion in the Assembly tomorrow.
The second day of the Budget session of the Assembly was adjourned following hungama. Five parties submitted a joint motion of no-confidence against the government of Kiran Kumar Reddy. But after Speaker disallowed the motion citing rules, the House was thrown...
On the second day of the Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, the TRS MLAs rushed to the well of the house and raised slogans against the government of the Kiran Kumar Reddy. They were joined by the TDP MLAs, but they had different reasons for their ...
TDP leader Mothkupalli Narasimhulu speaks after an adjournment during the second day of the Budget session of the Assembly. Mothkupalli demanded release of water for irrigation for Nalgonda and Warangal districts. He said the state government had failed to use...
TRS leader T Harish Rao renewed his demands that the TDP support his party's no confidence motion against the Congress government. Harish reminded TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu of his statement during the padyatra in which he had said the Congress government nee...
Danam Nagender of the Congress says there were just niggling problems in the administration of the Kiran Kumar Reddy government and that the TRS had no clarity or agenda in tabling a no confidence motion.
TRS leader Etela Rajender explains to the media the reasons for his party submitting a notice of no confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government.
The YSR Congress today issued a notice for no confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government. But the motion was disallowed to be tabled today by the Speaker who cited rules that required the notice to be given at least one hour before the start of...
Twenty-five MLAs of the TRS signed on the notice of no confidence motion the party submitted to the Speaker on the second day of the Budget session. The TRS motion was supported by 2 BJP MLAs, CPi and Nagam Janardhan Reddy's party.
This Budget session was to be marked by issues of power shortage and Telangana. But the attention is on the moves of TRS and YSR Congress, who are planning a motion of no-confidence against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government. The government is gearing up to shor...
TRS is miffed with the TDP, the main Opposition party in the state Assembly, for declining to support its no-confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government. KCR called TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu a chameleon, said the party's founder NTR would be a...
TRS has tabled a no confidence motion against the state government of chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy. But TDP refused to be a part of it. KCR called TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu a 'chameleon' for not helping to bring down the Congress government, it arch riva...
The TRS, and earlier the YSR Congress, sought to use the no confidence motion as a means to blackmail the Congress government and hence the TDP had decided not to support the motion being tabled by the TRS, says Chandrababu Naidu. But TRS chief KCR attacked th...
Congress MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy blasts the TRS MLAs for throwing paper balls on Governor ESL Narasimhan during his address on the first day of the Budget session today. Ponguleti demanded action on the MLAs for their behaviour.
On the first day of the Budget session of the Assembly, Governor ESL Narasimhan delivered his address, that was disrupted by paper balls from the TRS and walkout by the TDP. Chandrababu Naidu says the address has become a mere formality and chief minister Kira...
TDP's Mothkupalli Narasimhulu said the no confidence motion being tabled by the TRS in the budget session is just to seek to blackmail the state government. He also said the YSR Congress supported the motion since it was just seeking to pressure the government...
TRS leader T Harish Rao said state Assembly should have brought forth a resolution on the issue of Telangana in its Budget session. He said the other parties had failed to cooperate to pass an Assembly resolution on the issue that could be sent to the Centre.
The Business Advisory Committee of the state Assembly met today with the Speaker Nadendla Manohar in the chair. In the BAC, the TRS demanded that the Assembly pass a resolution on the issue of Telangana that could be sent to the Centre.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K Chandrasekar Rao confirms that the party is all set to bring in a no-confidence motion against the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh. The state's Budget session will begin today and is expected to be a very stormy one.
TRS MLAs lobbed paper balls at Governor ESL Narasimhan during his address to the Assembly at the start of the Budget session today. TRS said the address did not contain any mention of the demand for Telangana, and pointed out to the unprecedented presence of s...
The Telugu Desam Party boycotts the Governor's address to the state Assembly at the start of the Budget session. TDP leaders address the media to explain the reasons for the boycott, specifically the government's failures to honour its promises made during ear...
The TRS has decided to field a motion of no-confidence against the Congress government of Kiran Kumar Reddy. However, the TDP is not in favour of this decision. An angry TRS takes TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu to task over the party's stance. TRS leaders also re...
Paper balls rent the air at the start of speech by Governor ESL Narasimhan. The Budget session 2013 starts with national anthem, followed by the speech by the Governor. The speech, delivered amidst constant shouts by pro-Telangana parties, lays out the governm...
The Congress is ready with a strategy to combat the Opposition in the Budget session that starts today. The TRS has given a notice to table a motion of no-confidence against the government of Kiran Kumar Reddy. But TDP has remained lukewarm to the proposal and...
The award of the Polavaram project to Russian company Transstroy and the Supreme Court clearance to the Babli irrigation project of the Maharashtra government across the Godavari river are likely to dominate the Budget session that begins today.
Tight security will be in place for the Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. More security personnel, CCTV cameras and other security paraphernalia have been put in place, especially as it comes just a few weeks after the blasts at the capital's Dils...
The Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly begins today with an address by the Governor ESL Narasimhan. The sessions ends on March 28. On March 18, Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy will present the vote on account Budget. The Assembly will then re...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy faces a no-confidence motion tomorrow in the Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh state Assembly. The motion is being tabled by the TRS which claims it is seeking support from parties such as the BJP, YSRC, CPM and others. Take...
TRS has said it will threaten the Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly unless a motion for formation of Telangana is tabled in the Parliament. TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao said his party would field a no-confidence motion in the Assembly against the ...
TMC has made it clear that it will oppose FDI in retail in Parliament. Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy has said that the party had done everything possible to oppose retail FDI including withdrawing support to the government and attempting to bring a no-con...
Newshour | After four days of logjam in the House and the government refusing to agree on a debate and vote on the retail FDI issue, the UPA suddenly has a change of heart. This of course comes after DMK agreed to vote for UPA in case the need arises. Was the ...
The DMK has always been non-committal about their stance on the FDI in retail, but have now finally made their stance clear. The DMK has announced that they will side with the government and vote for the UPA if the need arises.
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury says that the logjam in Parliament is not welcome and that critical issues are being held back due to the stubbornness of the UPA government. He also says that it is imperative that the FDI in retail in discussed and voted in the ...
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath says that the UPA government is not shying away from a debate or vote. He says that the UPA is strongly united and that all allies have announced their support for the government.
The all-party meet on retail FDI ended with the onus falling on the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to decide on the debate and vote process. The parties have decided to entrust the Speaker with the responsibility of approving a debate and vote or just a debate on th...
The DMK has always been non-committal about their stance on the FDI in retail, but have now finally made their stance clear. The DMK has announced that they will side with the government and vote for the UPA if the need arises.
Achil Vandhavai | The main news items that hog the newspapers today is FDI in retail and the spread of dengue fever. While the first issue has resulted in a Parliament logjam for the last three days, the second one is soon threatening to become an endemic.
Newshour | The long all-party meet on retail FDI comes to an end with the onus falling on the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to decide on the debate and vote process. BJP still stands firm on its demand for a debate under rule 184 that entails a voting in the end. T...
In a tit-for-tat action, TMC suddenly has a change of heart and says that they are alright with just a discussion on FDI in retail and not necessarily a vote. This can be seen as a revenge tactic as the BJP did not support TMC's ill-conceived no-confidence mot...
The long all-party meet on retail FDI comes to an end with the onus falling on the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to decide on the debate and vote process. BJP still stands firm on its demand for a debate under rule 184 that entails a voting in the end.
The long all-party meet on retail FDI comes to an end with the onus falling on the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to decide on the debate and vote process. The parties have decided to entrust the Speaker with the responsibility of approving a debate and vote or just...
The all-party meet on FDI in retail is still underway and there has been no consensus yet. The Opposition parties BJP, Left and JD(U) still demand that there has to be a debate under rule 184 that entails a voting in the end. The allies SP and DMK have however...
Achil Vandhavai | Opposition party BJP refuses to let the Parliament function in peace until the FDI in retail issue is debated and discussed in detail. In the meanwhile, the UPA government has planned on an all-party meet to discuss the same issue to arrive a...
Zero Hour | FDI in retail can be debated for hours together. The most common argument is that FDI in retail is actually beneficial to farmers and that it has been successfully implemented in several European countries. However, an average farmer in any of the ...
In what seems like a repeat of the monsoon session, the Parliament remains paralyzed for the second day in a row. Amidst the din, the select committee report on the Lokpal bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha. Due to the sloganeering and the demand for a debate ...
For the second day in a row, both the Houses begin with a huge ruckus created by the NDA, demanding a debate on the FDI in retail decision. The parties demand a debate and vote under rule 184. However the Congress says that it is open to dicussion under rule 1...
After the ruckus and consequent adjournment of the house on Day 1 of Parliament's winter session this year, all eyes will be on lower house for the FDI impasse and Lokpal Bill. While the Opposition is adamant for a vote on discussion of FDI in retail, the gove...
Achil Vandhavai | The first day of Parliament ended in complete disarray. Mamata Banerjee's no-confidence motion found no takers and the Opposition grated on FDI in retail debate. On the second day of the winter session, the select committee's report on the Lo...
While the Opposition vehemently demands a vote on discussion of FDI in retail, the government sticks to its stand and refuses the voting. This, when the government enjoys a comfortable position in Parliament over FDI. Day 1 of the winter session of Parliament ...
Newshour | Both the Houses in the Parliament were adjourned today due to the ruckus created by the FDI in retail issue. The BJP still remains adamant on demanding a debate and a vote under rule 184. The government on the other hand does not want a vote. Will t...
News Night | Proceedings in both the Houses of Parliament were stalled over the issue of FDI in retail. While Opposition parties continue their demand for debate and vote under Rule 184, government insists that there should be only debate. Both the parties app...
Centre Stage | TMC suffered a setback in Parliament when the no-confidence motion tabled by Mamata Banerjee found hardly any takers. But defending the party's decision, senior TMC leader Suguta Roy says that the party knew that it would not get much of support...
Angry over finding no support for her no-confidence motion, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee vents out her frustrations on Facebook. 'The saviours of the government have been exposed' she posted, visibly miffed with the Left and BJP. But lack of support to TMC was on...
BJP leader Arun Jaitley accuses the government of running away from voting as it is afraid that it might be proved wrong. Referring to the FDI in retail issue, Jaitley says that the bill needs to be passed by the Parliament first.
Angry over finding no support for her 'no-confidence' motion, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee vents out her frustrations on Facebook. 'The saviours of the government have been exposed' she posted, visibly miffed with the Left and BJP. Has the no-confidence flop show...
Both the houses of Parliament were adjourned following the ruckus created by the Opposition parties over FDI in retail. While the no-confidence motion proposed by TMC was rejected due to lack of numbers, other Opposition parties, including BJP and Left, presse...
The BJP remains adamant on their demands for a debate on FDI in retail. They also want a vote after the debate is over as it will clarify the stand of all parties on this issue. The party also blamed the UPA government for the unnecessary adjournments in the H...
CPM leader Sitaram Yechury ridicules the Congress-led UPA government saying that the government knows how to manage the Parliament even if there is a no-confidence motion, citing examples. Further on he challenges the government to come forward for a debate un...
The UPA government received a reprieve of sorts with the Speaker Meira Kumar dropping the no-confidence motion tabled by Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress. The TMC has just 19 MPs and its motion was not backed by any party except the Biju Janata Dal.
After getting adjourned, the Lok Sabha resumes against amidst much chaos and ruckus. The deputy Lok Sabha Speaker Karia Munda watched on helplessly as the Opposition parties started shouting slogans against FDI in retail.
Day one of the winter session in the Parliament, ends predictably on a very stormy note. The TMC chief Mamata Banerjee pushed for a no-confidence motion, and the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar had to dismiss it due to lack of support. The Opposition also demand...
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee's attempts to bring down the government through a no-confidence motion has fallen flat as other political parties were unwilling to join hands with her. Political parties realized that they lack numbers when it comes to a no-trust mot...
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha pronounced the no-confidence motion tabled by Mamata Bannerjee's TMC as dropped. The Speaker Meira Kumar disallowed voting, and asked for voice vote. With this Mamata's move to seek support for her no-confidence motion has fallen f...
Mamata Bannerjee's notice of no-confidence motion was dropped after it failed to get the required support of 50 Lok Sabha MPs. Her party Trinamool Congress had just 19 MPs, and got support of only the Biju Janta Dal MPs. The BJP and the Left did not support of...
The first day of the winter session in the Parliament is off to a very stormy start as the Rajya Sabha is adjourned until tomorrow and the Lok Sabha is adjourned until 12.30 PM. The ruckus was generated when the Opposition demanded a debate and a vote in the r...