Andhra Assembly passes resolution for abolishing State Legislative Council

Amaravati: The Andhra Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution to abolish the State Legislative Council as the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government moved to do away with the Upper House of the State legislature, considered as a roadblock to passing vital Bills.

Speaker T Seetharam announced that the statutory resolution has been adopted with 133 members voting in favor of it.

He said the result meet both the conditions laid down in the Constitution’s Article 161 (1). According to the Article, resolution for abolishing the Council has to be passed by a majority in the Assembly and by not less than two-thirds of the members present in the House.

The outcome was a mere formality as ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has a strength of 151 in the 175-member Assembly.

With the passing of the resolution moved by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the State has set in motion the process to do away with the bicameral system of legislature. “The Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh resolves that the Legislative Council of the State be abolished,” reads the one-line resolution.

The resolution will be sent to the Union Home Ministry for drafting a Bill, which will be tabled in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Bill will have to be cleared by both Houses of Parliament before it can be sent to the President for his assent and issuing the notification. (IANS)

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