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If Roja Is Aunty, Bonda Is Grandpa?

If Roja Is Aunty, Bonda Is Grandpa?

The submission of report by the Andhra Pradesh assembly privileges committee to Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao on Thursday recommending suspension of YSR Congress party MLA R K Roja for one more year has led to criticism and counter-criticism in the assembly lobbies.

The YSR Congress party MLAs recalled that while Roja was made the scapegoat in the entire episode, the TDP leaders who abused her got away without any punishment.

They pointed out that TDP legislator Bonda Umamaheshwara Rao called her “Roja aunty” in an attempt to heckle her.

When media persons asked Bonda about the same, Bonda defended himself saying what he said was not an unparliamentary word.

“Aunty is a respectable word and not an expletive. In fact, the word aunty aptly suits Roja. If she has any objections, she should raise a protest in the House and not abuse a Dalit MLA,” the TDP MLA said.

BJP legislator Vishnu Kumar Raju defended Bonda and said in fact, the TDP MLA had given promotion to Roja.

“It is not at all an issue. Any woman who grows in age can be called an aunty. Even Roja can call Bonda grandfather or even a bachcha. I am also growing old and have already become grandfather. Why should I get offended if somebody calls me grandfather?” he asked.

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