TS Assembly from today

The Budget session of the Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council will begin from Friday with the State Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan’s customary address to a joint sitting of the two houses. 

The Motion of Thanks to Governor’s speech will be taken up on Saturday and the Budget is likely to be presented on March 8 or 9, for the first time by Finance Minister T Harish Rao.

The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting is expected to take place on Friday itself to chalk out the schedule and extent of the Budget session.

During the session, the government may take up a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The State



Cabinet that met on February 16 under chairmanship of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao urged the Centre to abrogate the CAA. The State is slated to pass another resolution requesting the Centre to revert to the old format of collection of data under the National Population Register (NPR).

The AIMIM has also been demanding the State to act tough against implementation of CAA and NPR in the State.

The budget might also take up the New Revenue Act and GHMC Act for discussion and pass it. The State government, which is dealing with the financial downtrend, may present yet another restrained budget this time around.