Telangana Assembly session to begin from Feb 3 with Governor's address

The Telangana Assembly session is set to start from Friday with Governor Tamilisai Soundararajans address in the joint session Assembly and Council on the day.Sources said the State government has already provided the Governor a copy of the speech.Letters have been sent to all MLAs and MLCs regarding the joint session and Governors speech.

The Telangana Assembly session is set to start from Friday with Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan's address in the joint session (Assembly and Council) on the day.

Sources said the State government has already provided the Governor a copy of the speech.

''Letters have been sent to all MLAs and MLCs regarding the joint session and Governor's speech. The duration of the session will be decided in the Business Advisory Committee meeting after the Governor's speech,'' sources told PTI.

The State Cabinet meeting would be held under the chairmanship of Chandrasekhar Rao at Pragati Bhavan, the Telangana Chief Minister's camp office-cum-official residence, on February 5, a release from CMO said.

Following the budget session of the Assembly, the Cabinet would discuss and approve the State budget, the release said.

The government is likely to table the budget next week.

The Governor has already issued a notification summoning the Assembly session beginning from February 3, ending speculation on whether there would be her speech or not in the session.

After the patch-up with the Raj Bhavan, the Chandrasekhar Rao-led government on the evening of January 30 approached Soundararajan requesting her to give assent to the budget document and address the session, to which she agreed.

A row broke out last year when the Governor's customary address to the Assembly did not take place.

Soundararajan, who assumed office of Governor in 2019, has been complaining of the State government not following protocol with regard to her office for more than a year.

She has accused officials of not turning up as per protocol during her visits to districts, even as she maintained that it is not about her as an individual and that the office of the Governor should be respected.

The ruling BRS leaders denied the government disrespecting her.

The differences between the BRS government and Raj Bhavan came to the fore once again on January 26 with KCR staying away from the Republic Day celebrations held at the Raj Bhavan here.

In a dramatic turn of events, the Telangana government on January 30 moved a lunch motion before the Telangana High Court seeking a direction to the Governor to approve the file pertaining to budget presentation.

However, following an advice from the Court, advocates of the State government and the Raj Bhavan held discussions and informed the court that they both came to an understanding and hence the court can dispose of the petition.

During the discussions, it was agreed that there would be an address by the Governor during the budget session and the speech copy would be furnished by the State government.

Earlier that day, the government knocked at the door of the High Court stating that the State government was yet to receive the Governor's approval to the budget to be presented in the Assembly session beginning on Friday.

The court expressed its opinion that the both the Constitutional functionaries should resolve amicably and come to an understanding. As per the discussions, there would be a Governor's budget speech this time, Advocate General BS Prasad had said.

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