Unprecedented scenes were witnessed on the Floor of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
What started as a discussion on integrated development of the three regions turned into a marathon debate on ‘legislative competence’, with the MLAs, beginning with Dharmana Prasada Rao, reiterating that the legislative competence “lies with the Assembly,” in reference to the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict to retain Amaravati as the overall capital and ruling that the State government did not have the legislative competence to change the capital of the State.
Mr. Prasada Rao traced the history of the legislature from the times of the Provincial Assembly, and said there should be clarity on separation of powers.
