The budget of State Legislature will commence on Monday without the traditional Governor’s address to a joint session of both Houses. Finance Minister T. Harish Rao will straightaway present the budget in Assembly while the same will done by Legislative Affairs Minister V. Prashant Reddy in the Legislative Council at 11 a.m.
The government has decided to skip the Governor’s address on the ground that the earlier session was not prorogued, which meant this would not be a fresh session. The Governor found fault with this argument saying any session after a long recess would automatically be a fresh one. So, by Parliamentary practice a budget session has to be addressed by the Governor.
