Telangana Assembly to Hold Special Session in Honor of Manmohan Singh
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Hyderabad, Dec 29 (NationPress) A special session of the Telangana Assembly is set for Monday to honor the late former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who sadly passed away on December 26.
The assembly's Speaker, Gaddam Prasad Kumar, has called the second meeting of the fourth session of the third Telangana Assembly for 10 a.m. on December 30, as detailed in a notice from State Legislature Secretary V. Narasimha Charyulu.
This special assembly session will take place during the ongoing mourning period.
In a gesture of respect for Manmohan Singh, the state government declared a holiday for all government offices and educational institutions on December 27 and announced a seven-day mourning period.
Members from various political parties are expected to pay their respects to Manmohan Singh, who served as Prime Minister for two terms.
Both the ruling Congress party and the main opposition, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), are anticipated to reflect on the significant role that the former Prime Minister played in the formation of Telangana.
It was during the era of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that the bill for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was passed in Parliament.
Telangana officially became the 29th state of India on June 2, 2014.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy honored Manmohan Singh at the AICC office on December 28.
While attending a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Belgavi, Karnataka, the Chief Minister received the news of Manmohan Singh's passing and referred to him as one of the greatest economists, leaders, reformers, and above all, a humanitarian of our times.
During his tribute, BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao, a former Chief Minister, noted that during the Telangana movement, his party, then known as TRS, allied with Congress as part of its strategy for a separate Telangana state, and he recalled his experience working with Manmohan Singh as a minister in his Cabinet.
