Hyderabad:

The historic first session of the AP Legislative Assembly post bifurcation will begin on Thursday. The ruling Telugu Desam is not too worried as it will be dealing with inexperienced YSR Congress legislators. Though the opposition is numerically strong, unlike in the Telangana Assembly, it has to be seen how the YSRC performs the role of the main opposition party.

The YSRC is likely to raise the issue of farm loan waiver as the government did not make a clear statement on  how it is going to implement it. As farmers have already been served notices of auction of gold loans, the YSRC wants to cash in on the brewing unrest.

Following protests by the YSRC, the Assembly’s agenda was amended on Wednesday to include homage to late Allagadda MLA Shobha Nagi Reddy. Late Nandigama MLA Tangirala Prabha-kar Rao’s name was already mentioned. YSRC MLA Bhuma Nagireddy had alleged the government’s action was inhuman and partisan.

Protem speaker P. Narayanaswamy will administer the oath of office to the newly-elected MLAs. The Assembly will have 173 members and the sessions will be held in Hyderabad.

Around 1,200 police personnel from the Tela-ngana and AP will prov-ide security for the Asse-mbly. AP police DGP J.V. Ramudu said, “As the Assembly is situated in Telangana, its police will take care of security. We will give support by deploying our men.”

AP CM N. Chandrababu Naidu discussed the arrangements with Mr Ramudu and legislature secretary (in-charge) K. Satyanarayana Rao.

YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who will be entering the Assem-bly for the first time as an MLA and floor leader of the YSRC Legislature Party, held discussions with his party MLAs on the strategy to be implemented in the Assembly.

Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan will address the joint sitting of the Legislative Council and Assembly on June 21.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Politics / DC / by U. Sudhakar Reddy / June 19th, 2014