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Speaking in Andhra Pradesh Assembly today, leader of opposition YS Jagan said that their party had supported the candidature of Kodela Sivaprasad to show that the Speaker was a non-partisan candidate.
He pointed out that YSRCP did not take more than a minute to okay Kodela’s name. On the occasion, Jagan recollected the words of first speaker of Lok Sabha Maulankar who had said that the speaker should conduct himself like a lawyer.
Jagan expressed hope that Kodela will oversee the proceedings of the House like a judge steering clear of party affiliations. Jagan said while the ruling party and opposition party were like two wheels, Speaker was like the axle.
As there are many problems in the newly emerged state of Andhra Pradesh, Jagan said the Speaker must facilitate the opposition to raise these issues in the House.
However, when Kodela pointed out that apart from TDP and YSRCP, there was also BJP; Jagan was quick to point out that BJP was part of the TDP government.
In all, Jagan did give an impressive speech.
