The Telangana State Legislative Assembly set a record of sorts with a marathon session of more than 16 hours on Monday.

The discussion on the annual State Budget, which began at 10 am on Monday, went on till 2.15 am on Tuesday.

After the State formation, this is said to be the longest working day for the State Assembly with the previous one lasting for more than 10 hours during the previous BRS regime.

Leaders from both the ruling and opposition parties took turns to represent their parties in the Assembly throughout the day.