Telangana Assembly session till March 29 Hyderabad, March 11 (INN): The budget session of Telangana State Legislative Assembly, which began here on Thursday, will continue till March 29.
The decision was taken during the meeting of Assembly's Business Advisory Committee which met here on Friday under the chairmanship of Speaker S. Madhusudan Chary. The meeting was also attened by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Legislative Affairs Minister T. Harish Rao, Leader of Opposition K. Jana Reddy, TDP MLA S. Venkata Veeraiah, MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, BJP floor leader Dr. K. Lakshman, CPI MLA Sunnam Rajaiah and CPI MLA Ravinder Kumar.
The opposition members demanded that the duration of budget session be increased to facilitate detailed discussions on various public issues. However, the State Government urged them to cooperate in passing the Appropriation Bill by March 29. However, they were assured that after passing the Appropriation Bill, the BAC would meet again to take a decision continuance of budget session.
As per the BAC decisions, there will be no sittings on March 15, 23, 24 and 25th. The reply on Governor's Address would be given on March 14 while discussions on General Budget would be held from March 16th to 19th.
The State Government is likely to introduce three Bills during the budget session.
News Posted: 11 March, 2016
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