Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 : The Kerala Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes on Thursday as the no-confidence motion moved by Indian Union Muslim League MLA, M Ummer against Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan was rejected by the House.
In his no-confidence motion, Ummer said that there were clear reports that Sreeramakrishnan was involved in the dollar smuggling case and so he has no right to sit in the Speakers’ chair of the Legislative Assembly.
He also alleged that the Speaker had tried to shield his Assistant Private Secretary, who has been interrogated for over nine hours by the Customs department.
The House witnessed unruly scenes when the ruling front countered the Opposition MLA while the legislators from the treasury benches were all praise for Sreeramakrishnan.
Jumping to the Speaker’s defence, MLA James Mathew said that Sreeramakrishnan had an unblemished track record for the past 40 years right from his days as a student leader.
Mathew lashed out at the Opposition saying that they have no right to speak against Sreeramakrishnan.
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