The first day of the winter session of the AP Assembly began on a note of storm and witnessed unprecedented situation in which a dispute is created during movement of condolence. The opposition leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy said that if the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu N had taken the Tirupati MLA M Venkataramana with him to Singapore for treatment, there would be no need for the motion of condolence. This provoked angry reactions from the treasury benches.
Earlier, the Chief Minister said the MLA's family initially wanted to bring to Singapore for treatment of his heart condition, but later was taken to Apollo Hospital in Chennai as the situation warrants. He underwent bypass surgery, but succumbed to complications after surgery, "reported. Venkataramana's death was a great loss to the TDP, he said.
Jagan also attracted the wrath of speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao after he tried to cast doubt on it in the House. Jagan argued that the President was trying to "insult" him by not allowing him to speak after the CM, on the motion of condolence. He said it was a tradition that the leader of the opposition speaking after the leader of the House. But the chair he deliberately refused a chance. "It's a bad precedent," he said.
The President said, "No make an issue out of it shortly after the CM spoke, I turned to you But you did not answer, so let other party members also say they want to talk I had.... the impression that you had asked for the floor because they were of Tirupati, "he said.