<p>The debate on the motion will begin on Sunday afternoon and will continue till Monday evening. Earlier, leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu moved a one-line no trust motion in the assembly against the state government.<br /><br />The Speaker granted permission for moving the motion after ascertaining that the notice had the requisite number of members supporting it. In all, 76 members, including the BJP and CPM, supported it.<br /><br />However, the Speaker refused to put vote on the Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s notice for no-trust motion against the government’s failure on the formation of a separate state, which prompted the CPI to stage a walkout.<br /><br />Just as when the chief minister expressed confidence of winning the trust of the house with the help of legislators of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), for the first time after its formal merger with the Congress in August, actor-turned-politician Konidela Chiranjeevi openly expressed displeasure over the Congress’s “partisan” attitude towards his legislators.<br />Chiranjeevi told the media that it was because of his party that the Congress government was surviving in the state. He was referring to the Congress’s “failure” to fulfill its promise of accommodating them in the state cabinet and nominated posts. <br /><br />The PRP has 18 members in the 295-member Assembly. The Congress has 153 members, but 20 of them have switched loyalties to Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.<br /><br /> Chiranjeevi, who is also a member of the assembly, floated the PRP in 2008. The party merged with the Congress in August, with PRP leaders formally taking the Congress membership. As many as 20 legislators loyal to YSR Congress party chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy announced here that they will vote against the government. <br /><br />After a meeting at Jagan’s residence, legislator P Subhash Chandra Bose told reporters that they would abide by Jagan's decision on the issue. <br /><br />“It does not matter who moves the no-confidence motion. This is to defeat the anti-farmer government," he said. Jagan will hold another meeting with his loyalists on Sunday to take the final call.<br /></p>
<p>The debate on the motion will begin on Sunday afternoon and will continue till Monday evening. Earlier, leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu moved a one-line no trust motion in the assembly against the state government.<br /><br />The Speaker granted permission for moving the motion after ascertaining that the notice had the requisite number of members supporting it. In all, 76 members, including the BJP and CPM, supported it.<br /><br />However, the Speaker refused to put vote on the Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s notice for no-trust motion against the government’s failure on the formation of a separate state, which prompted the CPI to stage a walkout.<br /><br />Just as when the chief minister expressed confidence of winning the trust of the house with the help of legislators of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), for the first time after its formal merger with the Congress in August, actor-turned-politician Konidela Chiranjeevi openly expressed displeasure over the Congress’s “partisan” attitude towards his legislators.<br />Chiranjeevi told the media that it was because of his party that the Congress government was surviving in the state. He was referring to the Congress’s “failure” to fulfill its promise of accommodating them in the state cabinet and nominated posts. <br /><br />The PRP has 18 members in the 295-member Assembly. The Congress has 153 members, but 20 of them have switched loyalties to Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.<br /><br /> Chiranjeevi, who is also a member of the assembly, floated the PRP in 2008. The party merged with the Congress in August, with PRP leaders formally taking the Congress membership. As many as 20 legislators loyal to YSR Congress party chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy announced here that they will vote against the government. <br /><br />After a meeting at Jagan’s residence, legislator P Subhash Chandra Bose told reporters that they would abide by Jagan's decision on the issue. <br /><br />“It does not matter who moves the no-confidence motion. This is to defeat the anti-farmer government," he said. Jagan will hold another meeting with his loyalists on Sunday to take the final call.<br /></p>
