Amaravati : The first session Assembly starts

Amaravati, March 06: The First session of Andhra Pradesh Assembly has been started with Governor ESL Narasimhan's address in the new Capital city Amaravati on Monday.

The session is for the first time outside Hyderabad after the bifurcation of the erstwhile united AP in 2014.

The residuary state has been holding its Legislature sessions in Hyderabad since 2014 and now after a gap of six months both the Houses of the state Legislature met for their budget session in the new Assembly building complex at Velagapadu in the capital city of Amaravathi.

The budget session which began amid tight security arrangements with the customary address to the joint sitting of both the Houses by Telugu states common Governor E.S.L.Narasimhan is expected to last till the current month end.



Th Business Advisory Committee (BAC) will meet soon after the Governor's address to decide about the duration of the session and business to be transacted.

State Finance Minister Y Ramakrishnudu will present the general and agriculture budgets for 2017-18 on March 13.

The session is expected to be a stormy one with the main opposition YSR Congress sharpening its arsenal to corner the government on the issue of Special Category Status (SCS) to the state. The move to extend suspension of firebrand YSRCP MLA Roja may also generate a lot of heat during the session.