It has been more than 10 days since Andhra Pradesh state legislative council chairman Mohd Ahmed Sharif referred the two crucial bills – AP Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Bill, 2020 and the APCRDA (Repeal) Bill – to the select committee.
The two crucial bills were passed in the state assembly on January 20, but were held back in the legislative council. Subsequently, the Jagan government moved a resolution in the state assembly on January 27 seeking to abolish the legislative council and it was adopted unanimously.
Later, it was intimated that there would be two separate select committees for two bills and the chairman asked the political parties in the council to suggest names for these select committees.
There were reports that the officials of the state legislature refused to constitute the select committees on the ground that the motion on the same was not passed in the council, but nothing of that sort has happened.
On Monday, except YSRC, the other political parties sent the names of their representatives to the council chairman for being appointed to the select committees.
TDP sent the names of P Ashok Babu, Nara Lokesh, Tippe Swamy, B T Naidu and Sandhya Rani for the select committee on decentralisation bill and that of Deepak Reddy, Bida Ravichandra Yadav, Bachula Arjunudu, Gouravani Srinivasulu and Budda Naga Jagadeeshwar Rao for the committee on CRDA repeal bill.
The BJP and PDF also sent the names of their representatives for the select committees.
The ruling YSRC, however, has announced that as far as the government is concerned, the legislative council stood abolished. So, it is unlikely that it will send its representatives to the select committees.
It remains to be seen what the council chairman do on these committees which are without the ruling party members!