Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao said he did not use any unparliamentary language in the assembly during his speech and merely referred to what chief minister Revanth Reddy had said. Responding to the CM’s remarks, KTR stated that there was nothing wrong in mentioning the issue of defection petitions. He added that, in the past, discussions on party defections, court rulings, and reservations had also been held in the assembly. “The assembly did not remove the chief minister’s inappropriate words from the records. How can it be unparliamentary if I merely refer to what he said?” KTR asked.Responding to objections raised over his statements in the assembly on Tuesday, he said, “Speaker sir, no one has pointed out anything unparliamentary in what I said yesterday. I do not believe I spoke in an unparliamentary manner. If I had, you would have stopped me right then. Since you are listening to everything, there is no need to remove anything from the records.”Emphasising that he did not use any inappropriate language, he said, “Did I say anything objectionable? Did I speak like the CM? Did I use terms like ‘sacrificial deity’? I did not use such words. I only reminded them of what the chief minister had said earlier.” He opined that if the CM’s comments remain on record, his remarks should also be retained.He pointed out that discussions in the assembly take place within constitutional limits and that it is a platform for lawmaking. “The legislative assembly is an institution that operates within constitutional boundaries. There have been instances where discussions on high court and Supreme Court judgments have taken place. Recently, despite court rulings on BC reservations, we discussed them in the assembly,” he explained.
