New Delhi: The YSR Congress Party from Andhra Pradesh opposition announced on Thursday that they are going to resign from the Lok Sabha today to protest the NDA government’s failure to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
While addressing a press conference, the lawmakers also said that they not able to bear over their notices for no confidence motion against the NDA government not being taken up for discussion in the House due to continuous disruptions.
The YSR Congress MPs had given notices in the parliament for a no confidence move against the government for its failure to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
The MPs said that they are ready to submit their resingnation letter to the speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan today which also coincides with the last day of the Budget session.
“Resignation letters will be submitted in proper format. There is enough time to conduct by-elections…. We would fight the polls and again continue our demand for special category status,” party MP Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli said.
The MP also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu of “disrespecting democracy”, saying both the leaders “failed” to fulfill their promises for the people of Andhra Pradesh.
“YSRCP has given notices for no-confidence motion 12 times and not even once it was taken up for discussion,” Mr Velagapalli said.
Earlier, YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy had said during an announcement in February that five MPs from the party would resign if its demand for Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh was not fulfilled by the Central Government.
The YSRCP and the TDP, both of which have walked out of the BJP-led NDA had given notices for no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
After this, TDP Chief and Chief Minister Naidu had met parliamentary party leaders of various parties in an attempt to garner support for the no-confidence motion.
“Naidu began fighting for special category status out of sheer pressure from the people as our leader has been ramping up pressure on him on the issue. He had no option but to quit the NDA,” another YSRCP MP Mekapati Raja Mohan Reddy said.
Replying to the question about the alleged nexus claim between BJP and YSRCP, he said, “Naidu is trying to club our party with the BJP. This is unfair. The TDP was in alliance with the BJP-led NDA for four years and now they are blaming us.”
After the announcement of Budget 2018, there were many sections both regional, national parties who demanded that the special category status be announced for the State of Andhra Pradesh. Following which, the TDP pulled back from the NDA alliance. Since then the Centre and the states’s parties are at logger heads.
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