Hyderabad: Leader of the Opposition in the TS Legislative Council, Mohd. Ali Shabbir on Saturday accused Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of desecrating the pious institutions of the Legislature by postponing the monsoon session of Assembly and Council without even informing the Opposition parties.
This, he said, amounts to disrespecting the highest law-making bodies in the state. Mr Shabbir Ali said that the Congress will serve privilege notice against the Chief Minister for going against the assurance he had given to the Legislature.
Addressing the media at the Gandhi Bhavan here, he said that when the Assembly and Council met on August 30 to ratify the Goods and Services Tax Bill, the Chief Minister and Legislative affairs minister T. Harish Rao had assured the Business Advisory Committees that the monsoon session would be convened from September 20. However, they conveniently forgot the assurance given to the BAC and prorogued the Assembly to facilitate passing of an ordinance on new districts.
This, he said, was nothing but utter disrespect to the institution of Legislature, which is the first pillar of democracy.
Mr Shabbir Ali said that the CLP would serve a notice against Mr Chandrasekhar Rao as well as Mr Harish Rao for breach of privilege. He alleged that the TRS government was afraid of facing the Opposition in Assembly and Council.
Branding Mr Chandrasekhar Rao as a “U-turn Chief Minister”, Mr Shabbir Ali accused the TRS government of taking a unilateral decision on formation of new districts.
He said during the all-party meeting held on August 20, the CM had assured that another all-party meeting would be convened before the final notification was issued, but this was never done.
“KCR will be go down in history as a ‘liar CM’ who broke all records of giving fake assurances and making hollow promises. He never honoured his words,” the Congress leader said.
