Seemandhra ministers insist on voting on T-Bill

Hyderabad, Jan 29 : Ministers from Seemandhra region on Wednesday insisted that there should be voting on the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill 2013.

Speaking to media persons at Assembly media point, ministers – Erasu Pratap Reddy, TG Venkatesh, SM Ahmedullah and Thota Narasimha said that the resolution under Rule 77 necessitates voting on the Bill. Since 159 MLAs hail from Seemandhra region compared to 119 MLAs from Telangana, it would be easier to defeat the Telangana Bill on the floor of the House, they said.

They dismissed the statement that voting was not required in the Assembly for a Central Bill. They described such contentions as misleading. They said that the opinion of majority is important in a democracy and therefore, Speaker Nadendla Manohar should go for voting on the Telangana Bill on Thursday, the last day of Assembly session. INN