Raise public issues in Assembly, not on roads: Speaker

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A.P. Legislative Assembly Speaker Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu speaking astatine  the commencement  centenary celebrations of Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao, successful  Visakhapatnam connected  Friday. Avanigadda MLA Mandali Buddha Prasad and others are seen.

A.P. Legislative Assembly Speaker Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu speaking astatine the commencement centenary celebrations of Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao, successful Visakhapatnam connected Friday. Avanigadda MLA Mandali Buddha Prasad and others are seen. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU

Assembly Speaker Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu connected Friday said it was unfortunate that immoderate elected representatives were trying to mislead radical by raising issues connected the roads alternatively of successful the Assembly. If they were genuinely funny successful resolving nationalist grievances, they should rise their dependable connected the level of the House, helium said.

He was speaking arsenic the main impermanent astatine the staging of a play connected Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao, writer and erstwhile Member of Parliament, organised by the Writers Academy arsenic portion of the commencement centenary celebrations astatine Kalabharathi present connected Friday evening.

Mr. Ayyanna Patrudu questioned however salaries could beryllium paid to MLAs, who are elected by the people, if they neglect to be the Assembly, erstwhile the salaries of employees and workers are chopped for abstaining from duty. He said the nary work, nary wage rule should beryllium applied to legislators arsenic well.

The Speaker besides remarked that this could beryllium his past accidental successful authorities arsenic helium was already successful his 70s. He observed that radical similar him, who are brushed natured, were unsuitable for contiguous time politics. He besides spoke astir the greatness of the Telugu connection and the publication of Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao to lit and nationalist life.

MLA Mandali Venkata Buddha Prasad, Writers Academy president V.V. Ramana Murthy, subordinate Meda Mastan Reddy, erstwhile Vice Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna University V. Bala Mohan Das and president of Pydah Educational Institutions Pydah Krishna Prasad were among those who participated successful the programme.

Published - February 06, 2026 11:29 p.m. IST

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