No vote from TRS in RS dy chairman poll

Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which was unhappy with the Centre over clearing the GST arrears and lack of financial assistance for various government schemes, abstained from voting for the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman post, the election of which was held on Monday.
TRS floor leader in Rajya Sabha and party secretary general K Keshava Rao told TOI that the party chose to abstain from the voting.The MP, who took oath as Rajya Sabha member along with another TRS MP KR Suresh Reddy on Monday, during his speech, said the Centre-states’ relationship should reflect cooperative federalism.
He slammed the Centre for not supporting the states in this crucial period of pandemic and lockdown.
Interestingly, TRS, which had supported the Citizen’s Amendment Act 2019, had also abstained from voting during Triple Talaq Bill voting in Rajya Sabha last year. TNN