Congress guns for Speaker’s scalp
With only two days left for the commencement of the legislature session, the Congress on Friday upped the ante against Speaker K G Bopaiah.
Addressing the media here on Friday, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah said Bopaiah should resign in view of the Supreme Court terming his disqualification of five legislators “unconstitutional.”
He said that the Court had observed that five MLAs were disqualified on October 10, 2010, to save the Yeddyurappa government, though the action was against the Constitutional principles.
Siddaramaiah said the Speaker did not function impartially and his action was undemocratic. “The Governor will address the joint session on Monday. As the Speaker has shown disrespect to the Chair, he should not sit beside the Governor during the address,” he said.
A 14-day notice had to be given to move a no-confidence motion against the Speaker but the session, in the recent days, is not held for that many days. Hence the Congress has not been able to move the motion.
Siddaramaiah rubbished the report that he would join hands with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to build a new party. “We are poles apart in our nature. My detractors must be spreading such rumours,” he said.
