HYDERABAD: The government may convene assembly
sessions
for around ten days starting
September 22
to fulfil the constitutional obligations of holding sessions at least once every six months. The previous
assembly
sessions were conducted in March for around 10 days and was concluded early in view of rising Covid-19 cases and the
Nagarjunsagar bypolls
.
Official sources said the government had initially planned to have sessions in the second week of September but it was decided to hold sessions after Ganesh immersion. The government is likley to provide budgetary support for Dalit Bandhu scheme if the sessions go ahead.
The government said the scheme would be implemented for all 17 lakh Dalit families in the state, in a phased manner. The pilot has been taken up in Huzurabad and other mandals. The government is also planning to have a full-fledged discussion on Krishna and Godavari projects and implications of gazette notification by Centre.
Apart from the assembly sessions, election for a new chairman of legislative council is also likely. The post has been vacant for past three months following the end of Gutta Sukhender Reddy’s term on June 3. Sitting MLC V Bhoopal Reddy has been acting as pro-tem chairperson.