AP Legislature Staff were shifted to Amaravathi

Amaravati: The total Legislature staff of the Andhra Pradesh were shifted from Hyderabad to the state's new capital Amaravati on Monday, ahead of the Budget session that begins in the new Legislature complex at Velagapudi on March 6.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the new building on March 2.

The TDP Government had plans to get Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the event, which, however, did not materialise.



Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao and Legislative Affairs Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu welcomed the Legislature staff and later inspected the state of the works and the allocation of chambers.

"Everything is in place and the Budget session will begin on March 6 with an address by the Governor to the joint session of the Council and the Assembly. The Budget for 2017-18 will be presented to the House on March 13 followed by a separate budget for agriculture," Yanamala told reporters on the occasion.

"We will decide on the exact dates at the Business Advisory Committee meeting on the 6th," Yanamala, who is also the Finance Minister, said.