Assembly passes Appropriation Bill, adjourned sine die

Hyderabad, Feb 13 : The Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the Appropriation (Vote-on-Account) Bill 2014 before being adjourned sine die.

The third and last day of the fourth meeting of 12th session of Assembly had a stormy beginning. The opposition parties moved adjournment motion notices seeking debate on different issues. While the YSR Congress Party gave adjournment notice on power cuts, the MIM wanted discussions on drinking water and power problems in GHMC limits and CPM demanded debate on Anganwadi workers.

Speaker Nadendla Manohar disallowed all the adjournment motion notices. This led the opposition members to rush to the podium. The Telangana legislators including Government Whip Anil Kumar and other members of TRS and TDP rushed to the podium raising Jai Telangana slogans. The MIM MLAs too rushed into the well pressing for acceptance of their adjournment motion notice.

The Speaker appealed to the members to resume their seats and said he expected smooth functioning on the last day of the present Assembly. He also informed members that there would be a group photo session at 11 AM. However, the Telangana members continued their slogan shouting leading to adjournment of the House for one hour.

When the House re-assembled at about 12.50 PM, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy too was present in the House. This time too the TRS MLAs rushed to the Speaker’s podium and held large banners with the slogan “Welcome to Telangana Assembly”. Amid slogan shouting, the Speaker asked Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy to present the Appropriation Bill which was passed through a voice vote.

At about 12.53 PM, the Speaker adjourned the House sine die.  INN