TRS to move vote against Kiran in Andhra Pradesh

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Hyderabad: In a startling move, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti has decided to introduce a No Confidence Motion against the Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy in the Budget Session of the Assembly beginning March 13.
The TRS Legislature Party, which met under the leadership of K. Chandrasekhar Rao, took the decision to protest the failure of the Congress government to carve out a separate Telangana state, cheating the people of the Telangana region for over 10 years, failing to redress public grievances such as severe power cuts, and shortage of water, and generally for its “failure on all fronts”.
Rao announced that TRS MLAs and MPs will stall the Assembly and Lok Sabha proceedings demanding statehood for Telangana.
With this move, Rao has seized the initiative from Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. Both parties have been nudging each other to move the No Confidence Motion in the Assembly. Naidu had ruled out moving the motion stating he has no trust in support coming in from the YSRC, even though the Jagan camp had promised to support him.
“The TRS No Confidence Motion will expose their real colours. Leaders of Opposition parties are abusing the Kiran Kumar Reddy government day in and day out. If their intentions are true, they have to support (our) no-confidence motion,” Rao said.
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K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that the TRS, which has 17 legislators, has approached the BJP (3), CPM (1), CPI (4) and Lok Satta (1), MIM (7), and the Telangana Nagara Samiti which is represented by Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, with a request to support the No Confidence Motion.
“The party leaders promised to get back to me after discussing in the party fora,” he said As per the Assembly rules, the motion requires the support of at least one-tenth of the strength of the Assem-bly — 30 MLAs in the 294-member House.
To a question on how he would secure the numbers, Rao said he would have no hesitation in seeking the support of the Telugu Desam (85 MLAs) and YSRC (17). The Congress has 155 legislators in the House. “We want to bring down the government.
The government cheated the people on Telangana. We have been fighting for over 10 years. The government is unmoved despite the sacrifices by 1,000 people. This government has not only failed to give Telangana, but failed to provide quality power, water and other necessities,” Rao said.
The TRS Legislature Party also adopted resolutions demanding that the government ensure seven-hour power supply to the farm sector as promised by APTransco and allocate funds to purchase power from other states to overcome the shortage.
The TRS also extended support to the textile traders who are demanding scrapping of VAT and the Sadak Bandh on the Kurnool Highway on March 21.