AP Speaker moots salary cut for absenting MLAs
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu on Wednesday suggested a ‘no work, no pay’ policy for MLAs who are not attending the Assembly.
He also mooted the proposal to give voters the ‘Right to Recall’ such public representatives.
The Speaker made the suggestion at the 86th All India Conference of Presiding Officers on “Accountability of Legislature towards the People” at Lucknow.
He was apparently hinting at Opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLAs who have not been attending the Assembly.All 11 MLAs, including YSRCP president and former Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, have been skipping Assembly sessions to press their demand for Leader of Opposition status for Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The Speaker said that the failure of some legislators to perform their duties is most regrettable.
“In the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, some of the members have not attended even a single day of sessions nor participated in a single debate till date since their election to the House in June 2024.
