INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Jayadev Galla, TDP lawmaker from Guntur leads the opposition charge during no-trust motionNew Delhi: Telugu Desam Party (TDP)'s Jayadev
Galla, who initiated the no-confidence motion against the government - the first in 15 years - was a trending topic on social media as he
spoke in the Lok Sabha.The lawmaker was asked by his party chief N Chandrababu Naidu to open the debate even though the motion was
originally moved by Kesineni Srinivas on Wednesday.Jayadev Galla's party was allotted just 13 minutes, but after covering that time, he
insisted that he needed half-an-hour more.He began his speech with a reference to a Telugu movie and said Andhra Pradesh had only seen empty
promises since the Narendra Modi government came to power
Both the BJP and the Congress had betrayed Andhra Pradesh, he said."Mr Prime Minister if you don't keep your promises, the BJP will be
destroyed in Andhra Pradesh
It is not a threat, it is a shraap (curse)."The 52-year-old foreign-educated lawmaker from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh is a multi-millionaire
A first-time parliamentarian, he is the managing director of Amara Raja Group and has been counted among India's best CEOs
He is married to Padmavathi, the daughter of a Telugu filmstar.As he contested his first election in 2014, Mr Galla declared wealth worth
over Rs 680 crore.His attendance in parliament has been 84 per cent and he is known to be among the most articulate MPs.In a past session,
Mr Galla set social media abuzz and trended for days after his speech in the Lok Sabha on Andhra Pradesh's resentment at the unfulfilled
promises of the centre - a theme that he spoke on today too.
