Speaker allows the no-confidence motion against the Government. TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu moves the no-confidence motion

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TDP president and the opposition party leader N Chandrababu Naidu moved the no-confidence motion. 76 MLAs of the Telugu Desam Party has supported the no-confidence notice. ThTRS legislators were disappointed at the attitude of the Speaker for not allowing a resolution on Telangana State and staged a walk out. The BAC met in the afternoon and has decided to hold the discussion and debate on the no-confidence motion and drought issue in the State tomorrow and day after tomorrow. Since the time remaining in the Winter session is limited, the Committee has decided to hold the debate tomorrow and voting on the no-confidence motion the next day. The MLAs will have a working lunch tomorrow and will squeeze the Question Hour and Zero Hour to an hour tomorrow. The session tomorrow will be held with no breaks.

Congress and TDP issue Whips

Both the Congress and Telugu Desam Parties have issued Whips to their party legislators. Meanwhile, the Praja Rajyam Party will issue a whip tomorrow. Government Whip Kondra Murali has met with PRP president K Chiranjeevi and urged him to issue a whip to PRP MLAs. The Praja Rajyam Party MLAs will meet tomorrow to discuss about the no-confidence motion.

TRS to attend the voting

The Telagana Rashtra Samithi which staged a walk out today has decided to attend the debate and voting on the no-confidence motion. TRS floor leader Etela Rajender, speaking to reporters, said that the Government has failed in all departments and has lost the trust of the people. He confirmed that the TRS party MLAs will vote against the Government in the no-confidence motion.

21 Jagan Group MLAs to vote against Government

Meanwhile, 23 MLAs owing allegiance to Jagan Mohan Reddy has met at Lotus Pond. Jagan Mohan Reddy held a one-on-one meeting with the MLAs about the no-confidence motion. Former minister Pilli Subash Chandra Bose who is a loyal aide to Jagan Mohan Reddy spoke to reporters after the meeting with Jagan. He said that 21 MLAs owing allegiance to Jagan will follow Jagan’s directives. When asked if they are Ok with TDP moving the no-confidence motion, he said that the issue is not about who moved the no-confidence motion. The Government has lost the trust of the people and has not come to the aide of the farmers in the State during times of distress. He said that such a government doesn’t deserve to be in power. He added that MLAs are not scared to defy the Congress leadership.

Katasani Rambhupal Reddy and Adi Narayana Reddy who met Jagan have left the meeting half way through the back gate at Jagan’s entrance. Speaking to reporters, Rambhupal Reddy said that Jagan has urged him to vote against the Government in the no-confidence motion. He said that he will support the Congress party and will not vote against the Government.

However, another Jagan Group MLA Kunja Satyavathi said that she would support the Government and will vote against the no-confidence motion. She said that the current Government is the result of the hard work done by former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

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History of no-confidence motions in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly

History shows that no-confidence motion against Government has been defeated several times. No-confidence motions against various Governments have been moved eight times so far in the history of Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The Government has defeated the motion in all of the eight times.

Year	Chief Minister	Opposition party leader	Whether Government Survived?
1964	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	P Venkateswarlu	Yes
1966	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	Tenneti Viswanatham	Yes
1970	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy		Yes
1979	Chenna Reddy	Gowthu Lacchanna	Yes
	Chenna Reddy	Jaipal Reddy	Yes
1990	Chenna Reddy	NT Rama Rao	Yes
	Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy	NT Rama Rao	Yes
2008	YS Rajasekhara Reddy	N Chandrababu Naidu	Yes

Current Strength

To defeat the no-confidence motion the Government requires strength of at least 144. While Praja Rajyam Party and MIM parties are allies to the Congress, the rest of them are likely to vote against the Government. The Congress has a current strength of 153 in the assembly. Out of which 22 are likely to listen to Jagan and vote against the Government.

Party	Strength
Congress	130 (without Jagan Group MLAs)
Praja Rajyam Party	16
MIM	7
TDP	86
YSR Congress	23 (With other party MLAs supporting Jagan)
Telangana Rashtra Samithi	13
CPI	4
BJP	2
CPI(M)	1
Lok Satta	1
Independent	1
Nominated	1
Vacancies	7
Total	295 (including Nominated MLAs)

Congress + PRP + MIM = 153
TDP + YSR Congress + TRS + CPI + CPI(M) + BJP + Lok Satta = 129

Current Strength in Assembly

Though, Congress is trying to put up a brave face saying they have enough strenth, the reality is that their fate depends on cross-voting in the Assembly. Whips to Congress MLAs were issued yesterday and the Chief Minister gave a strict warning that action would be taken against those Congress MLAs who commit cross-voting. Officially, the Congress has more than enough strength to defeat the no-confidence motion. However, the number of MLAs favoring Jagan Mohan Reddy is not clear. 19 MLAs attended his meeting last night and it is likely that the count won’t go higher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debate to Resume

The debate on the no-confidence motion and the drought situation in the State will be resumed today. A voting on the no-confidence motion will take place in the later part of the day.

Adjournment Motions

The CPI party has proposed a resolution on Telangana State, while the BJP party proposed a discussion on lifting away the cases on Telangana activists.

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