YSRCP will not get Oppn status this term, asserts Pawan
Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, along with Jana Sena Party MLAs, addressing the media at Assembly media point on Monday
- Says usually the party that gets the second highest number is given the status of opposition party, notes that his party is the second largest party in Assembly.
- Explains that it is not in the hands of CM or Dy CM, but Opposition status is accorded as per rules of Constitution
- Countering the argument that YSRCP deserves Oppn status as it got 40% votes, the JSP chief advises those who demand Opposition status on the basis of votes to go to Germany where votes decide seats
Vijayawada : Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan made it clear that the YSRCP will not get Opposition party status in the present five-year term as per rules.
Talking to media persons after Governor S. Abdul Nazeer’s address to the joint session of both houses of the state legislature on the first day of the Budget session, Pawan Kalyan, referring to the YSRCP’s protest during the Governor’s speech on demanding the Leader of the Opposition status to its leader and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, remarked that this status is given by people and it can’t come with a demand for it.
The Jana Sena leader stated that usually the party that gets the second highest number is given the status of opposition party and noted that his party is the second largest party in the Assembly. “If the YSRCP had secured a seat more than us, it would have got the status of opposition,” he said.
The Jana Sena, which is a part of the TDP-led coalition government, has 21 seats in the 175-member Assembly. The YSRCP could win only 11 seats.
The Deputy Chief Minister advised the YSRCP to act in a dignified manner and said it was not proper to say that they would stall the proceedings for not being given the status of opposition. “Come to the Assembly with 11 seats given by people, raise people’s problems, and point out government’s shortcomings. The Speaker will allot the time based on the party’s strength,” he said.
On the YSRCP trying to disrupt the Governor’s speech by raising slogans, he said this was proof of the party’s falling standards.
Pawan said that the denial of opposition status to YSRCP was not because the government wanted to insult them but there are rules for granting that status.
On the YSRCP’s argument that it polled nearly 40 per cent votes and hence, deserves the status of opposition, he remarked that those who take the vote percentage into account should go to Germany.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that YCP MLAs should attend the House and question on public issues.
Minister Nadendla Manohan and Jana Sena MLAs and MLCs were present.
