By Gautam Pingle An interesting historical fact has come to light which shows how politics in this state was planned and conducted. First, the issue which has to do with the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly. The web site of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, http://www.aplegislature.org/overview, says: “Consequent to the formation of State of Andhra Pradesh the 140 Members of Andhra State Legislative Assembly and 105 Members representing the Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State were merged together resulting in the formation of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. In 1956, the Andhra Pradesh Legislature was Unicameral with only a Legislative Assembly consisting 245 Members… Due to delimitation of constituencies several ups and downs have taken place in the number of elected ...

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