Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Tammineni Seetaram barred entry of representatives of three news channels into the Assembly for alleged "violation of established norms". Representatives of ETV, ABN Andhra Jyothy and TV5 —- the three satellite television news channels considered to be pro-TDP, have been barred from entering the Legislature building.
The channels were providing live coverage from the media point while the session was going on which was "against the established norms". It has been brought to the notice of the Speaker by Government Chief Whip G Srikanth Reddy. The speaker barred the entry of the channel's representatives into the Assembly until an explanation is given for the lapse.
There are allegations that the AP Assembly Speaker intentionally banned those channels to help YSR Congress making a mountain of a mole. However, Speaker Tammineni Sitaram defended his move. He questioned the action of the channels' management as to how they could operate despite knowing the rules. "You can wake up a person who is sleeping, but you cannot do anything when one is pretending to sleep," he quipped.
The channels were providing live coverage from the media point while the session was going on which was "against the established norms". It has been brought to the notice of the Speaker by Government Chief Whip G Srikanth Reddy. The speaker barred the entry of the channel's representatives into the Assembly until an explanation is given for the lapse.
There are allegations that the AP Assembly Speaker intentionally banned those channels to help YSR Congress making a mountain of a mole. However, Speaker Tammineni Sitaram defended his move. He questioned the action of the channels' management as to how they could operate despite knowing the rules. "You can wake up a person who is sleeping, but you cannot do anything when one is pretending to sleep," he quipped.
