Telangana Legislative Assembly budget session will commence from 23rd of this month and Legislative Council meetings will be held from 24th. The Governor has issued a notification in this regard. The assembly is likely to continue for 10 days.
On the first day, the assembly will mourn the late Cantonment MLA Lasya Nandita.The full budget is expected to be presented on 25th of this month. As the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting her budget in the Parliament on 23rd, it will enable the state to incorporate grants and other funds allocated to the state before presenting a final budget in the assembly.
On the 25th of this month, the Cabinet will hold a meeting in the Assembly Committee Hall to approve the budget before it is introduced in the Assembly.The Rs 2.75 lakh crore vote on account budget was approved by the Assembly in February for four months, which will expire at the end of this month.
Apart from the budget, the government hopes to discuss and pass resolutions on Dharani, Rythu Bharosa, BC reservations in local bodies, job calendar, recovery from those who have benefited illegally in welfare schemes, statue of Telangana mother, government emblem etc.
The Leader of Opposition K Chandrasekhar Rao, who was absent from the last assembly sessions, has recently announced that he will attend the assembly session this time. His presence is likely to facilitate interesting encounters between the ruling party and also the opposition.
Meanwhile, during the assembly elections, Congress had 64 MLAs and CPI one seat, making the ruling party strength of 65 MLAs. But after Congress won the Secunderabad Cantonment by-election and as many as 10 MLAs from BRS joined the Congress, the strength of the party has reached 76.
On the 11th of this month, Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, Legislative Council Chairman Gutta Sukhender Reddy, convened a review of the assembly session’s arrangements with various department heads.
