Budget Session Will Last For 10 Days, Opposition Demands Extension

Hyderabad: The Budget Session of the Legislative Assembly will last 10 working days until March 30, and the budget presentation is scheduled for March 20. The program was decided at the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting held in Parliament after the Governor’s speech.

Among those present at the meeting were Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Legislative Affairs Minister D. Sridhar Babu, BRS leader T. Harish Rao, grassroots BJP leader A. Maheshwar Reddy and CPI legislator Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao.

BRS Legislative Assembly Party deputy leader Harish Rao wanted the session to be held by March 31, including Sundays. The party protested the skipping of Question Hour and urged the Speaker to allow private members to debate the Six Guarantees Bills.

Listing 19 issues to be discussed, Harish Rao warned that BRS will boycott the next BAC meeting if the government does not comply with the decisions taken in the meeting.

BRS sought discussion on the plight of farmers, shortage of urea and LPG during the West Asian war, impact of Musi rejuvenation project on the poor, corruption in Singareni tenders, delays in work schedule, pending DA and dues for employees and pensioners, education commission report impacts, GHMC’s trifecta, law and order, Bhu Bharati, student fee refund, HYDRA demolitions and RTC and auto drivers issues and others.

Speaking to media persons later, Maheshwar Reddy requested the government to extend the session to at least 30 days (adding another 20 days in April) to discuss important public issues and grievances. Accusing the Revanth Reddy government of irresponsibility, he criticized it for restricting the session mainly to passing the Appropriation Bill, with only seven days for Budget discussions after the first two days (March 17 and 18) focused on the motion of thanks thanks to the Governor’s speech, leaving no time to discuss people’s grievances.

He sought discussions on wage refund, non-payment of Rythu Bharosa, pending dues for employees and retired employees, non-implementation of Six Guarantees and ‘420 assurances’ and non-payment of ₹12,000 per month to agricultural workers and autorickshaw drivers, tripling of GHMC, demolition of houses by HYDRA and under the Musi rejuvenation project.

CPI legislator Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao demanded a session of at least 20 days to address issues such as delays in housing areas for the poor, pattas for landless poor with huts on government land, RTC employees’ issues and union elections, Singareni coal allocation, pensioners’ dues, regulation of contract and outsourced staff, student fee reimbursement, reservation for 42 per cent of BC and demolition of poor people’s homes by HYDRA. others.