Assembly Session To Begin On February 8

The Telangana Assembly session will begin on Thursday with Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan addressing both the Houses on the first day.

The Cabinet has already approved the Governor's speech. After the Governor's speech, Finance Minister Bhatti Vikramarka will introduce the budget in the House.

This will be the second session of the Assembly after the Congress government took over the reins of power in the State.

The session is anticipated to witness acrimonious exchanges between the legislators of the ruling Congress and the opposition BRS over the Krishna river waters, particularly related to the handing over of the Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar projects to the KRMB.

The State government is also planning to release a white paper on the irrigation projects in the Assembly to "expose" the previous BRS government. Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy has announced that the State government would present a vigilance inquiry report on the Kaleswaram project, which is said that to be the brainchild of former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

Separately, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a counter in the High Court stating that it was ready to investigate the alleged irregularities in the project.

In this background, there is a possibility that there will be a spat between the Congress and the BRS MLAs over the Kaleswaram project too.

KCR is expected to be attending the Assembly for the first time after losing power, as the Leader of the Opposition. If he does attend, it will be very interesting to see how the war of words between Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and him will be.