BJP members suspended 

All the five members of the BJP on Sunday were suspended from the Assembly as they tried to stall the proceedings in protest against the Bill for increasing the reservations for Muslims. The trouble began when the Speaker cut the mike of the BJP floor leader G Kishen Reddy while he was speaking on the reservation Bill.

Despite repeated appeals by the Speaker, the member continued with his speech. At this point the Speaker had cut the mike of Kishen Reddy and called upon TRS member to speak. Protesting against this, Kishen Reddy and BJP members protested displaying placards.

Following this, the Minister for Legislative Affairs Minister T Harish Rao moved a resolution to suspend the members and the Speaker S Madhusudhana Chary announced the suspension of all the Bharatiya Janata Party members for the day.

Earlier, participating in the debate Kishan Reddy termed the bill as unconstitutional and said it would not stand judicial scrutiny. He said the BJP was strongly opposed to reservations on the basis of religion, and alleged that injustice was done to the Backward Classes by including Muslims in the BC (E) category.

Kishan Reddy said the 4 per cent quota provided to the Muslims by the previous government in undivided Andhra Pradesh was struck down by various courts and the case was still pending in the Supreme Court. He found fault with the TRS government for clubbing the Scheduled Tribes reservation with the Muslim quota in a single bill.