The budget for the coming financial year (2025-26) will be presented to the AP assembly on the 28th of this month. The decision was taken in the meeting of the Legislative Business Advisory Committee (BAC) held under the chairmanship of Speaker Ayyannapatrudu on Monday.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Legislative Affairs Minister Payyavula Keshav participated in the meeting, but no one from the YSRCP attended. It was decided in this meeting to hold the assembly for 17 days, including the Governor’s address. The meeting was of the opinion that it should be held only till March 19. Later, it was decided to extend it by two more days.
With this, the assembly will also be held on March 20 and 21. The motion of thanks to the Governor’s address will be discussed on Tuesday. Holidays have been declared on the 26th for Shivaratri and on the 27th for MLC elections. The state budget will be presented on the 28th. Condolence resolutions will be presented on the 3rd.
The discussion on the budget will begin on the same day and continue till the 4th and 5th. The TDP has proposed a discussion on 28 issues and the BJP has proposed a discussion on 13 issues. Jana Sena did not give any proposals. It is reported that Minister Nadendla Manohar, who attended the meeting from that party, requested that the questions asked by its members be more.
BJP Legislative Assembly Leader Vishnu Kumar Raju, TDP Chief Whip, GV Anjaneyulu, Assembly Secretary General Suryadevara Prasanna Kumar and others participated in this meeting.
Meanwhile, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, who had previously stated that he would not attend the Assembly meetings, attended the meeting on the first day. As soon as the Governor’s speech began, they rushed to the podium, shouting slogans demanding that the YSRCP be given opposition status.
They surrounded the podium, raised slogans, and tore up the Governor’s copies. They announced a walkout within ten minutes of the start of the assembly and left. Later, the YSRCP leaders met and decided not to attend the assembly meetings as the government was not planning to give the YSRCP the main opposition status.