The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Monday approved the abolition of state's Legislative Council. The council had referred the three-capital bill to the select committee for review. It may be noted that TDP enjoys an absolute majority in the 58-member legislative council. In order to dissolve the Legislative Council, the Parliament has to passes a bill to this effect. Legislative Council may be dissolved on other reasons but not on the reason the it sent the bills to a select committee," TDP MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar was quoted by news agency ANI.

Source: dna January 27, 2020 07:07 UTC