<p>The newly elected members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly will meet on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Assembly will function for four days during which all the 119 members and one nominated MLA will be administered the oath by Governor E S L Narasimhan and speaker and deputy speaker will be elected.</p>.<p>The governor, who had issued a notice on January 7 summoning the Assembly to meet, will also address a joint session on January 19.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and all TRS MLAs will pay homage to at the Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park opposite the Assembly complex before entering the Assembly.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, six-time legislator Mumtaz Ahmad Khan of the All India Majlis e Ittehadul Mulsimeen was administered the oath as the pro tem speaker by the Governor at the Rajbhavan.</p>.<p>Mumtaz has been a Majlis MLA from Yakutpura in the Old City. He will administer the oath to the newly elected MLAs on Thursday.</p>.<p>Following which the schedule for the speaker's election would be announced and the nomination process would commence.</p>.<p>Names of several TRS leaders including Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy, E Rajender, Padma Devender Reddy (deputy speaker of the previous Assembly) and A Indrakaran Reddy are said to be under consideration for the post of speaker.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) will be meeting on Thursday morning to elect their leader.</p>.<p>The Congress has won 19 seats in the recent state elections.</p>
<p>The newly elected members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly will meet on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Assembly will function for four days during which all the 119 members and one nominated MLA will be administered the oath by Governor E S L Narasimhan and speaker and deputy speaker will be elected.</p>.<p>The governor, who had issued a notice on January 7 summoning the Assembly to meet, will also address a joint session on January 19.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and all TRS MLAs will pay homage to at the Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park opposite the Assembly complex before entering the Assembly.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, six-time legislator Mumtaz Ahmad Khan of the All India Majlis e Ittehadul Mulsimeen was administered the oath as the pro tem speaker by the Governor at the Rajbhavan.</p>.<p>Mumtaz has been a Majlis MLA from Yakutpura in the Old City. He will administer the oath to the newly elected MLAs on Thursday.</p>.<p>Following which the schedule for the speaker's election would be announced and the nomination process would commence.</p>.<p>Names of several TRS leaders including Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy, E Rajender, Padma Devender Reddy (deputy speaker of the previous Assembly) and A Indrakaran Reddy are said to be under consideration for the post of speaker.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) will be meeting on Thursday morning to elect their leader.</p>.<p>The Congress has won 19 seats in the recent state elections.</p>
