Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker G. Prasad Kumar has assured that he will take steps to allow the members, cutting across party lines, to raise issues of immediate public importance in the House.
The Speaker who took charge on Thursday said the Speaker’s role was crucial as well as complicated in a democracy and he would ensure that the aspirations of the people were fulfilled with debates on their issues. The House would hopefully witness people centric debates in the coming days, Mr. Prasad Kumar said, adding that he would strive to ensure that issues of public importance were thoroughly discussed so that solutions were evolved for them.
Mr. Prasad Kumar reminded that the Telangana Legislative Assembly was a role model for other States in the country and exhorted the members to ensure that the reputation was maintained. Earlier, Mr. Prasad Kumar was invited to occupy the chair by Pro-tem Speaker Akbaruddin Owaisi. He was conducted to the Speaker Podium by Chief Minister and Leader of the House A. Revanth Reddy, his deputy Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Legislative Affairs Minister D. Sridhar Babu and BRS member K.T. Rama Rao among others.
