Governor heckled in the assembly

The Andhra Pradesh legislature plunged into unprecedented chaos Thursday, with Telangana legislators heckling Governor ESL Narasimhan as he was addressing a joint session on the first day of the budget session.

TRS members tried to snatch papers from the governor’s hands and uproot mikes, forcing him to cut short his customary speech.

Legislators of the TRS, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) continually raised slogans of “Governor go back”. Some legislators, mainly from the TRS, tore copies of his speech and threw the pieces at him.

TRS, TDP and other pro-Telangana legislators alleged that the governor was anti-Telangana and hence had no right to address the legislature on the land of Telangana. The protest coincided with the beginning of a non-cooperation movement in Telangana demanding introduction of a bill in parliament for formation of a separate Telangana state.

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