The Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh has finally concluded the process involving the expression of views required by it by the provisions of Article 3 of the Constitution on the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2013, sent to it by the President of India. However, the Chief Minister as Leader of the House on Saturday sent a notice to the Speaker under Rule 77 of the Assembly Rules for moving a resolution rejecting the Bill. This development was a repeat of previous attempts by the YSRC under the same Rule 77 to give notice of a similar resolution rejecting the Bill. On previous occasions, the Speaker had rejected these resolutions out of hand. However on the last day of the discussions ...

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