Hyderabad, Aug 11:
``It was the House that gave the Speaker the powers to conduct the assembly in a fairway giving equal opportunities to the members to air their views. But it is unfortunate that the Speaker is using the powers to suppress the voices of Opposition in the assembly, ‘’ said opposition party leader N Chandrababu Naidu here on Tuesday.
Interacting with the media at the Telugu Desam Legislators Party office he said that the speaker should cooperate in such a way that the members of the house will get the right time to voice their opinions.
Recalling the days when he was the chief minister he said that he had not laid any restrictions on the media. The assembly proceedings were shown live.
The questions we ask in the assembly and the replies given by the ruling party should be shown live. How can the public know about the happenings in the assembly, he questioned. Even if we show resentment over a particular discussion the TV cameras do not focus on us. The TV cameras always show the faces of either the speaker or YS Rajasekhar Reddy, he expressed his disgust.
Even in the Parliament the proceedings are shown live why does the government want to hid the proceedings in the assembly by laying restrictions on the media, the TDP leader quipped.