After the Jaganmohan Reddy govt suffered a setback in the Upper House, govt approved the move to dissolve the Legislative council
Amaravati: In a meeting, Andhra Pradesh cabinet chaired by CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday tabled the draft bill to abolish the Legislative Council, also known as the Upper House of the state legislature.
The decision to abolish the upper house comes after the legislative council chairman had last week dashed Reddy’s ambitious three-capital plan by referring the bill to a select committee by exercising his discretionary powers.
Upper house House Chairman M A Sharrif had on January 22 referred to a select committee the two bills for deeper examination. The chairman had said that he was using his discretionary powers under Rule 154 while referring the Bills to the select panel in line with the demand of the TDP.
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Jaganmohan questioned the need for an Upper House, “which appears to be functioning with only political motives”.
“It is not mandatory to have the Council, which is our own creation, and it is only for our convenience. So let us discuss the issue further on Monday and take a decision on whether or not to continue the Council,” CM Jaganmohan had told the Assembly. Opposition Telugu Desam Party scuttled Two Bills moved by the YSRCP government. The Bills in question were the Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Bill, 2020, and the AP Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) Act (Repeal) Bill.
TDP MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar slammed the Andhra Pradesh government for the decision. “The Legislative Council may be dissolved for other reasons but not for the reason that it sent the bills to a select committee,” he told India Today.
The Jagan government now plans to pass a resolution in the Assembly to approve the dissolution of the state legislative council.
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