Despite not being able to use his mike, Owaisi raised his voice to continue speaking.
AIMIM member Akbaruddin Owaisi's mike was muted at the Telangana Legislative Assembly on Saturday when he began speaking about the protests and violence at the Hyderabad Central University.
When Owaisi began speaking about injustice being meted out to Dalits, his mike was muted and he was instructed by the Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy to resume his seat. Despite not being able to use his mike, Owaisi continued to raise his voice.
The NewsMinute reports that when the mike was muted, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao intervened and asked him to make his point. "As the leader of the house, I have the right to intervene. We did not intend to cut your mike but please say what you want," Rao is heard saying in a video of the proceedings.
The CM also said, "You tell me your demands but you cannot say whatever you want and insult the government."
A few minutes later, Deputy Speaker Reddy said,"Okay, give one mike to them. Let one person speak. But Akbaruddin, right now go and sit." She also added, "Take your mike and use it."
Watch the video (You can see the moment at 1:10):
On Saturday, Telangana Legislative Assembly was adjourned for 10 minutes soon after it met for the day following demand by Opposition Congress for a debate on the ongoing unrest in Hyderabad Central University.
Congress members, who wore black stoles, sought a debate on the HCU issue.
Legislature affairs minister T Harish Rao, however, pointed out that it was decided in the Business Advisory Committee (BSA) to take up adjournment motion after the Question Hour.
The Congress members then trooped into the Well of the House insisting on taking up the issue, after which Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy adjourned house for 10 minutes.
Telangana Congress has expressed solidarity with the protesting students of HCU and its president N Uttamkumar Reddy on Friday called on the students at a jail where they were lodged.
Reddy, who visited the students and teachers arrested on March 23 in connection with alleged attack on the VC's office the previous day, at the Cherlapally Prison here, had alleged that the Union and Telangana governments have adopted a dictatorial attitude towards the HCU students and playing with their lives.
On Firday, the family of deceased dalit scholar Rohith Vemula and the Congress demanded the immediate release of 25 students and two faculty members of HCU arrested in connection with the violence at the campus.
With PTI inputs.
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