Govt drops idea of Assembly session at ANU
HYDERABAD: It seems the Andhra Pradesh government, which had planned to hold the winter session of the state Assembly at Acharya Nagarjuna University, situated between Vijayawada and Guntur, has dropped the idea for now.
According to sources, even though speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao wanted the session to be held at the sprawling university, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is not inclined.
Naidu, it is learnt, has second thoughts on holding the session here owing to various factors. While vastu considerations are said to be one of reasons, the Chief Minister is understood to have been more concerned about the logistic issues and the huge expenditure involved in holding the session in Guntur.
According to sources in the Legislature Secretariat, ahead of holding the winter session, although a brief one, the officials concerned would be forced to consider issues like security to members including the VVIP the Chief Minister and his deputies and Ministers.
Accommodation to all the legislators and senior officials from the administration, including the Chief Secretary, for the entire duration of the session, would be one among the major problems while the departments would find it difficult to draft personnel who should be present on all the days when the House is in session.
The Home Department on its part should take into consideration deployment of personnel, external security as well as the Intelligence wing, to make fool proof arrangements for the session.
'Given these difficulties, it will be better if the government holds the session from the headquarters where it need not worry about factors like accommodation and deputising staff for smooth conduct of the proceedings,' a senior official said.
'In view of the problem of accommodation for ministers, MLAs, officials and supporting staff in Vijayawada and Guntur, the chief minister is leaning towards the idea of holding the session in Hyderabad for this time,' said the source.
When asked, IT minister Palle Raghunatha Reddy said, 'I don't think the ensuing winter session of AP Assembly will be held on the ANU campus as it is difficult for the state machinery to make necessary arrangements within a short time.'
News Posted: 20 November, 2014
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