Hyderabad: Both Telangana and AP State Legislatures will continue with the old protocol rules when Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan addresses their Legislatures on March 7.

All state Legislatures are required to follow the new protocol as per a communication by Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Legislature secretaries of Telangana and AP, Dr S. Raja Sadaram and K. Satyanarayana met the Governor on Thursday and explained to him the difficulties in observing the new protocol conveyed to them by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

When the two secretaries met Governor Narasimhan on Thursday they explained to him that it would not be proper for the Legislature secretary to propose a vote of thanks immediately after the conclusion of the address by the Governor.

They pointed out that the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address will be debated by the legislature and the House passes the motion after a reply by the CM at the end of the debate. If there is going to be a vote of thanks by the Legislature Secretary then it would be improper for the House to take up the Motion of Thanks later.