Amaravati: The YSR Congress Party on Friday complained to the Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan about the denial of adequate time to the party in Rajya Sabha during the debate on the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2026.
A delegation of the YSRCP MPs led by Parliamentary Party leader Y. V. Subba Reddy met Radhakrishnan in Delhi and submitted a representation to him.
The delegation told him that despite having seven MPs, the YSRCP was given only five minutes, and their microphone was cut. They stated that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and other smaller parties were allotted more time and sought a fair opportunity to present their voice
Subba Reddy urged the Rajya Sabha chairman to lay the text of his speech on the table. The party also sought an enquiry into deviation from parliamentary conventions and established procedures.
The YSRCP complained that the party was allocated grossly inadequate time to speak during the discussion on the Bill.
It mentioned that TDP, which has only two members in the House, was allowed speaking time of over 15 minutes. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which has four members, was also allotted only five minutes.
“This uneven and disproportionate treatment is particularly disturbing because the Bill under discussion directly concerns the State of Andhra Pradesh, its constitutional future, and the interests of the people represented by all seven Rajya Sabha members of the YSR Congress Party. In such a matter of profound federal and regional significance, denying the principal opposition party of Andhra Pradesh a fair and meaningful opportunity to articulate its views effectively amounts to denying adequate voice to the people of the State themselves,” reads the representation.
The YSRCP also stated that the repeated times the camera focuses on the visitors’ gallery, particularly on TDP MPs and state ministers, appears less a coincidence and more a pre-arranged exercise. The party sought an official enquiry into this.
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2026 to give statutory recognition to Amaravati as the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh. A day earlier, the Lok Sabha had passed the Bill.
YSRCP opposed the Bill in both Houses on the grounds that it failed to address the concerns of farmers who have given their lands for the development of the state capital.
(IANS)
