Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Legislative Council passed a resolution ratifying the constitution amendment bill on Goods and Service Tax (GST) amid chaos on Thursday. Members of the Opposition YSR Congress staged a protest against the denial of special status to AP by the Centre. Stalling the proceedings they tore papers and threw them towards Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao. The speaker then adjourned the house for 10 minutes. YSR Congress members continued the protest at the podium.
Both the houses were rocked by loud protests by YSR Congress members who demanded the resignation of AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for his failure to get special status to AP. The Speaker had to adjourn the assembly a second time
The house reassembled at 2 pm and Naidu said that after the implementation of GST, the tax burden on people would come down and the state and central governments revenue will improve. He said, however, there will be some problems in the initial stage but the Centre agreed to reimburse the losses incurred by the state governments for a period of five years.
