The Monsoon session of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature opened in disorder on Monday (August 17, 2026). The Assembly began at 9 a.m. and the Legislative Council an hour later, both summoned by Governor S. Abdul Nazeer under Article 174(1). This is the Assembly’s seventh session and the Council’s 50th.

The Business Advisory Committee, chaired by Speaker Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu, is to meet to settle the sitting days and the agenda; the session is expected to run four days, to Thursday, since Varalakshmi Vratam falls on August 21. The government is preparing to introduce seven Bills.

In the Council, the YSRCP has pressed for a discussion on the Mega DSC recruitment, the issue behind a fortnight of protests, detentions and arrests across the State. Amaravati works, the Polavaram project, the rainfall deficit and farmers’ issues are expected to take up much of the four days.

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