UP Assembly’s winter session begins today

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UP Assembly’s winter session begins today

Tuesday, 18 December 2018 | PNS | Lucknow

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh is likely to face the ire of a united opposition during the brief winter session of state legislature starting Tuesday. The government is set to face the heat over poor law and order situation, agrarian crisis and laxity in recruitment drive.

The government agenda in the four-day session would be to ensure safe passage of the second supplementary budget, to be tabled in Assembly on December 19, and its seek approval the next day.

An all-party meeting was convened in Lucknow on Monday in which Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath solicited support from the opposition parties for smooth conduct of the House.

“The government is ready to discuss all issues that the opposition feels prudent for the development of the state,” Yogi said in a statement issued after the meeting.

Meanwhile, opposition parties held a separate meeting to chalk out their strategy. The opposition leaders unanimously demanded the extension of the winter session so that important issues could be raised in the legislature.

“The government is afraid to face the legislature and the people. Hence, it has summoned a short winter session,” said Congress Legislature Party leader Ajay Kumar Lallu.

The Congress legislators said that issues like Bulandshahr violence in which an inspector was shot dead besides delay in payment of cane arrears of farmers and corruption in recruitment drive etc. were to be raised by the opposition during the session.

Official sources confirmed that the second supplementary budget would be tabled in the Assembly on December 19 after the Question Hour.

As per the agenda, on the opening day, obituary references would be taken up as a sitting BJP member, Ram Kumar Verma, of Lakhimpur Kheri had died recently. The Assembly would be adjourned for the day after paying condolence to Verma.

On December 19, the government will table several ordinances and bills along with the second supplementary budget. The Assembly will pass the supplementary budget on December 20 along with the bills.

On December 21, probably the last day of the session, legislations will be taken up for half day and the rest of the day will be dedicated for private members’ bill.

However, leader of opposition and Samajwadi Party member Ram Govind Choudhury would be absent in this session due to his health problem and the party has nominated another leader in his place.

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