Telangana Assembly session begins on stormy note

The first day of the winter session of the Telangana State Legislature began on a noisy note on Friday with the Congress making desperate attempts to disrupt proceedings both in the Assembly and Council demanding a discussion on farmers’ issues ahead of the Question Hour.

The main opposition’s attempts, however, went in vain as both the Houses took up Question Hour from 10 am to 11.30 am, with Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao actively participating in the proceedings.

While the Congress members in the Assembly



squatted on the floor of the House throughout the proceedings, the party staged a walk-out in the Council.

Elsewhere in the city, police thwarted the attempts of Congress leaders and workers from taking out their proposed ‘Chalo Assembly’ rally. 

Congress leaders were either confined to house arrest or were taken into preventive detention when they tried to take out the rally. There was massive police deployment in and around the Legislature premises to prevent any untoward incident.