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Telangana legislative Assembly has been convened for a four day session beginning January 17. The new Legislative Assembly has been convened during the auspicious days of Uttarayana on Ekadasi Day, on Wednesday the January 17, 2019.
A day before, on Dasami, January 16 at 5 pm, the senior most MLA-elect from Charminar Constituency Mumtaz Ahmed Khan will take oath as Pro-tem Speaker in Raj Bhavan. Governor ESL Narasimhan will administer the oath by the pro-tem speaker. From January 17, the Legislative Assembly sessions commence.
Against the background of landslide victory given by the people to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi wherein it bagged 88 of the 119 seats, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said TRS has decided to commence the Assembly proceedings during the auspicious Uttarayana days.
On January 17, the Assembly proceedings will commence at 11.30 am presided over by the Pro-tem speaker. The newly elected MLAs will take oath one after another and the programme is likely to go on for about 2 hours. In the afternoon an official lunch will be hosted for the MLAs in the lawns of Council Hall in the Jubilee hall premises. The same day schedule of election to the speaker will be announced and the nomination process commences.
On January 18, the speaker election and announcement will take place. As per pans, later Leader of the House and the Chief Minister, Leader of the Opposition and floor leaders of other political parties are expected to escort the newly elected Speaker to the Chair. Thereafter, the Assembly proceedings will continue with the newly elected Speaker in the Chair. The Speaker will conduct the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting after the house is adjourned and will take a decision on the Governors Address on the following day.
On January 19, the Governor will address the house. The next day the house will introduce motion of thanks to the Governor’s address and adopt the same.
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