Hyderabad: Congress bats for 30-day Assembly meet

Hyderabad: The Congress Legislature Party on Friday demanded the ruling party to hold the current budget session for 30 days to discuss various issues being faced by people of various sections of the State.

CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka who attended the Business Advisory Committee of the Assembly which met on Friday, said that there was a need to discuss issues of farmers, irrigation, unemployed youth, Law and Order, liquor policy and others.

He said that the issues should be discussed under short discussions during the session. The number of days being decided by BAC for discussion on the budget was not enough. However, the ruling party leaders said that another meeting of the BAC would be held on Sunday to discuss the demand.

Meanwhile, the CLP met under the chairmanship Vikramarka and discussed the strategy to be adopted in the Assembly. All the six MLAs of Congress and one MLC have participated in the meeting.

The meeting has decided to divide the issues between the MLAs in the Assembly. Vikramarka and Sridhar Babu would discuss the issues of unemployed and farmers.

Jagga Reddy would discuss housing issues, Rajagopal Reddy would take up municipalities, irrigation, belt shops, Seethakka would take up Education and Tribal Welfare, and Veeraiah would discuss the issues of the tribals. MLC T Jeevan Reddy would raise the issues in Legislative Council.