Telangana budget session from March 6

: The budget session of the

Telangana Legislative Assembly would begin on March 6, during which the House is expected to pass a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan issued notification on Saturday summoning the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council to meet at 11 AM on March 6.

Besides the presentation of the Budget, the assembly is expected to pass a resolution against the citizenship law.

The state cabinet, at a meeting on February 16, had urged the Centre to abrogate the CAA.

The state cabinetappealed to the Union government not to discriminate on the basis of religion for according Indian citizenship. It requested the Centre to treat all religions equal before the law, an official release on thecabinetmeeting had said.

Themeeting, chaired by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, felt that the CAA would lead to discrimination on the basis of religion while granting citizenship, thus jeopardising secularism as ...