JOIN USEven as Seemandhra legislators of the TDP and the YSRC refused to leave the Assembly after adjournment and continued their protest till late night, against the manner in which the T-Bill was tabled, over 20 ministers from the Seemandhra region huddled with Chief Minister Kiran Reddy to chalk out a plan of action for Tuesday.
The chief minister reported sick and did not attend the Assembly on Monday.
Sources at CM’s camp office that the chief minister is keen on attending the Assembly on Tuesday despite his ill health.
The chief minister who along with his colleagues watched recording of the post-lunch session of the Assembly where Legislative Affairs Minister Sridhar Babu initiated discussion on the bill. He is understood to have said that as a leader of the house, he will ask for a BAC meeting before taking up the Bill for discussions.
State Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh after meeting the chief minister told reporters that the there will be a protracted discussion on the Bill and later a prolonged legal battle over Article 371-D which needs to be amended before proceeding for division of the state.