YSR Congress party has decided not to attend the Assembly during debate on budget this session in the wake of alleged partiality shown by Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao.

The YSR Congress party which on Thursday gave a notice of no-confidence motion against Kodela decided that it would attend the House only on the day of voting on the no-confidence motion against the Speaker.

The YSRCP also called on the Governor earlier in the day and complained against the hostile attitude of the government and expressed displeasure over the partisan functioning of the Speaker. This is for the first time that the Opposition in any State deciding to shun the Assembly on the pretext of partisan attitude of the presiding officer.

Party president and Leader of Opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy accused the government of repeatedly interrupting him from talking.

He said the government did not have patience to know the facts. “Is this the way to run the House? The house is being run in the most despicable manner. How can people’s problems be highlighted if the Opposition’s voice is muzzled?” Jagan asked.

The YSRCP chief reiterated his appeal to telecast at least the last five minutes of his speech on the budget in the AP legislative Assembly so that people can judge for themselves what he spoke was right or wrong. He accused the Speaker of involving himself in stopping him from speaking.