House pays tribute to Pranab, Balasubrahmanyam

Vijayawada: Both Houses of AP assembly condoled the death of former President Pranab Mukherjee, playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam and former members of the assembly and Parliament on the first day of the winter session on Monday.
Speaker Thammineni Sitaram tabled the condolence motions, which were approved by the House. The legislative council, led by chairman M A Shariff, paid tributes to the late leaders.Mukherjee served the nation in different positions and was later President. Sitaram and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy recalled his services. Both Houses paid tributes to former MLAs Janardhan Thatraj, Raavi Ravindranath, K V Chandramohan Rao, P Manikyala Rao, D Rajagopal Reddy, P Ammiraju, B Narayanaswamy, K V Raghavendra Rao, Balli Durgaprasada Rao, P Mangapathi Rao, Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao, Mocherla Johar, K Sivananda Reddy, Y T Raja and D A Satya Prabha. Durgaprasada Rao, the sitting Lok Sabha member from Tirupati, was a four-time MLA.
The assembly and council also paid tributes to late playback singer Balasubrahmanyam who passed away on September 25. TNN