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Opposition demand for YSR resignation rejected

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The surrender of assigned lands issue rocks Assembly again

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Government turned down the Opposition's vociferous demand for the resignation and prosecution of Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy for having admitted to holding assigned lands in the Assembly on Monday, saying there was no such provision in the laws.

For the third consecutive day, the Assembly was rocked by the issue of the surrender of assigned lands (to the poor) by the Chief Minister with the treasury benches and the Opposition indulging in acrimonious exchanges and slogan-shouting.

In fact, the debate ended noisily as it began three days ago with Speaker K. R. Suresh Reddy adjourning the House abruptly with placard-wielding Telugu Desam Party members rushing to the podium and raising slogans against the Chief Minister. They were objecting to Congress member T. Jeevan Reddy's comment against Leader of the Opposition N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Intervening during the debate, Dr. Reddy admitted to his family-owned company holding another chunk of over 900 acres of non-agriculture land in Konduru near Rajampet in Kadapa district. "I do not want to hide anything," he said.

Both the Government and the Opposition refused to budge from their known stands. The latter's demand for constituting an all -party committee to visit Idupulapaya in Kadapa, where Dr. Reddy's family held this assigned land, fell through. The Government stuck to its view that the surrender of assigned land by the Chief Minister was part of a strategy to bring out all such lands and distribute them to the poor.

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