Protest over CM’s notice paralyses Legislative Council

Hyderabad, Jan 27 : The proceedings of the State Legislative Council were paralysed on Monday with the Telangana legislators holding protest demanding the rejection of notice served by Endowments Minister C Ramachandraiah on the State Reorganisation Bill.

The Telangana MLCs across the party lines stalled the proceedings demanding that Chairman Dr A Chakrapani reject the notice serviced by Ramanchraiah, Leader of the House in Council, seeking resolution in the Council to reject the Telangana Bill. Amid din, the Chairman adjourned the House for half-an-hour. Later, some ministers from Telangana region called on the Chairman with the same demand.

The House could not function following protest by the Telangana legislators led by Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah over the issue. After adjourning the House for another half-an-hour, the Chairman then adjourned it for the day following no signs of restoration of normalcy in the House. INN