Amaravati, Sep 21 (IANS) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLAs were suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Thursday for stalling the proceedings of the House to protest against the arrest of their party’s national president and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in an alleged
skill development scam. Speaker T Seetharam announced the suspension of 15 MLAs of the main opposition party from the House for one day.
He also suspended three members for the rest of the
session. The Speaker announced that he was suspending P Keshav, Satyaprasad, and Sridhar Reddy for the rest of the session for showing disrespect to the Chair. As soon as the session began on Thursday morning, the TDP members were on their feet demanding a debate on Naidu’s arrest. When the Speaker rejected their adjournment motion, they trooped into the Well of the House and later
surrounded the Speaker’s podium. Carrying placards and raising slogans, the opposition legislators insisted that the Speaker take up the issue of Naidu’s ‘illegal’ arrest.There was uproar when TDP MLA and actor N Balakrishna twirled his moustache while allegedly warning the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government.