Even as the lack of facilities in the old Assembly building had become a subject of discussion among the MlAs,power supply was disrupted on Friday adding to the woes of the members.
The old building which was allotted to Andhra Pradesh does not have air conditioning facility and members complained that old fans were also not working properly. Even as they were trying to adjust to this situation, power supply was also disrupted on Friday, the second day of the first session of Assembly.
There was also confusion among the Ministers due to the lack of rooms for their offices in the Assembly building. Only Minister for legislative affairs Y Ramakrishnudu was allotted one room while the two Deputy Chief Ministers’ KE Krishnamurty and China Rajappa were asked to share one room. No other Minister was allotted any room.
The new Assembly building allotted to the Telangana legislative Assembly has better facilities including separate rooms for the Ministers and committee halls.Kadiri Babu Rao, TDP MlA of Andhra Pradesh said that the old building does not have the required facilities. “Assembly hall was not allotted keeping in view the strength of Andhra Assembly”, he said.
He hoped that a better Assembly building with all the facilities will be constructed by Naidu Government.Meanwhile, newly elected Speaker Kodela Sivaprasad Rao took charge of his office on Friday and advised the MlAs of both the ruling and the Opposition parties to ensure decorum in the House and facilitate the smooth transaction of business. He sought the cooperation from members. “You should always remember that the people are watching us”, he warned the members.
He said the Speaker was not a monarch but a custodian of the House who can work only with the cooperation of the members. He later announced that YSRCP’s Jaganmohan Reddy will be the leader of the Opposition.Kodela also administered the oath of office second time to some members. Declaring the first oath invalid, the Speaker asked him to take fresh oath. A few other MlAs Chevi Reddy, Bhaskara Reddy, Jawahar, M Venkatramanna and Rajindernarth Reddy were also administered fresh oath.