Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the latter’s ignorance of constitutional provisions with regard to the Governor’s address to the State Legislature and termed the omission of address by the head of the Government this time “purely a technical issue”.
“The previous session of the State Legislature held between September 24 and October 8 was not prorogued (concluded technically with issuance of a notification by the Governor on the advice of the Council of Ministers) and the session convened from March 7 is continuation of the last session”, Ministers T. Harish Rao (Finance and Health) and V. Prashanth Reddy (Legislative Affairs, Roads and Buidlings) said here on Tuesday.
As per the constitutional provision, the Governor shall address new session of the Legislature in every calender year. However, the notification issued for the sitting from March 7 was continuation of the previous session. It would be wrong constitutionally only if the Governor was invited to address the Legislature without proroguing the previous session, the Ministers explained while addressing a press conference.
