Telangana Assembly Winter Session: KCR Makes Rare Appearance
The Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council convened at 10.30 am
Hyderabad: The Telangana Legislative Assembly’s winter session commenced on Monday, Monday, December 29, 2025, with the proceedings focusing mostly on irrigation issues, the sharing of Krishna and Godavari river waters between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The Assembly sessions will not be held on December 30, 31, and January 1 and will resume on January 2.
Hyderabad: The Telangana Legislative Assembly session began on Monday with members observing condolence motions for late former MLAs Ramreddy Damodar Reddy and Konda Lakshma Reddy.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Leader of the Opposition K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) were in attendance, along with other ministers and MLAs. In a noteworthy display of political cordiality, CM Revanth Reddy approached KCR, offering greetings and inquiring about his health. Several ministers, including Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, D. Sridhar Babu, Adluri Laxman, Seethakka, and MLA Naveen Yadav, also exchanged pleasantries with the BRS chief. Following the condolence motions, KCR left the House.
The government has a significant legislative agenda for this session, aiming to grant legal approval to several key measures. These include merging municipalities within the Outer Ring Road (ORR) limits into the GHMC, increasing the number of GHMC wards from 150 to 300, removing the 'two-child norm' for contesting local body elections, amending the Telangana GST Act, and employee rationalisation.
A Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting is scheduled to take place after the adjournment of the first day's proceedings to determine the duration of the Assembly and Council sessions.
BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao attended the Legislative Assembly session on Monday after a two years.The former Chief Minister arrived at the Assembly premises in the morning, accompanied by BRS MLAs.He signed the attendance record book and then left the Assembly without participating in the initial discussions of the winter session.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy reached the Assembly and was greeted by the Cabinet ministers and senior officials.