Hyderabad, Feb. 12 -- The budget session of the Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly began on Wednesday amid high political drama, with opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) members walking out of the House within minutes into the proceedings.

The session began with the customary address by Governor S Abdul Nazeer to a joint sitting of the legislative assembly and legislative council.

YSRCP president and former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, along with party MLAs and MLCs, attended the opening day. However, as soon as the Governor started his speech, YSRCP members rose in protest, raising slogans against the state government.

The opposition legislators shouted slogans demanding that law and order be maintained in the state ...