Monsoon session of the UP legislature begins today … likely to be stormy

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Monsoon session of the UP legislature begins today … likely to be stormy

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 | PNS | Lucknow

The monsoon session of the Uttar Pradesh legislature will commence from Tuesday with the supplementary budget being tabled on August 18.

The opposition members are set to create ruckus throughout the brief session of four sittings which will continue till August 24.

On the first day of the session, the House will be adjourned after paying condolence on the death of the sitting members of the House. Six Bharatiya Janata party legislators, including a state minister, had died when the House was not in session. They are Ramesh Chandra Diwakar (Auraiya),Suresh Kumar Srivastava (Lucknow West), Kesar Singh (Nawabganj, Bareilly),Dal Bahadur Kori (Salon, Rae Bareli),state minister Vijay Kumar Kashyap (Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar) and Devendra Pratap Singh (Amrapur, Kasganj).

On Wednesday, the House will take up the supplementary budget to be tabled by Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna in the first half. The grants are likely to be passed by the House on August 19.

There will be no sitting of the House on August 20, 21 and 22.

Legislative work will be taken up and on August 23 and 24.

During the monsoon session, at least five bills will be tabled in the House, replacing the ordinances which were promulgated when the House was not in session.

Leader of the opposition and Samajwadi Party member Ram Govind Chaudhary said here on Monday that the state government had failed to deliver, causing immense pain and suffering to the people, particularly those affected by the pandemic.

“We will raise all the people’s issues and the failure of the government, including farmers’ agitation, COVID-19 deaths, law and order situation, communal agenda of the government and other issues,” he added.

The opposition leader alleged that the Yogi Adityanath government had convened a brief session as it had lost the confidence of the people and lacked courage to face the Vidhan Sabha.

Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress members also said that they would raise the pressing issues facing the people.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna, however, said that the government was ready to discuss all the issues to be raised by the opposition for the peaceful conduct of the proceedings of the House. He said it was up to the opposition whether they wanted smooth conduct of the House.

The size of the supplementary budget grants is likely to be Rs 15,000 crore for meeting the needs of the development projects and COVID-19 related works.

Meanwhile, UP Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit, on Monday, presided over an all-party meeting ahead of the monsoon session. He said the proceedings of the House would be conducted as per the Covid protocol and requested the leaders of all parties to extend their cooperation for a productive session so as to send a positive message to the people.

Narendra Singh Verma (SP) Shah Alam (BSP), Aradhana Mishra (Congress), Om Prakash Rajbhar (SBSP), Leena Tewari (Apna Dal) participated in the meeting and assured their cooperation for smooth conduct of the House.

Assuring full cooperation from the government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the pandemic was under control in the state. He said coronavirus had not been eradicated and the government had taken all possible measures to control the pandemic. He said complying with the rich traditions of the UP Assembly; the government would make its best contribution for a meaningful debate on all issues to be raised by the opposition.

Seeking cooperation of the opposition parties in smooth conduct of the proceedings of the House, the chief minister said, “The government wishes to get the benefit of the experience of the opposition leaders in debate on the issues of the people.”

The business advisory committee of the assembly also met here on Monday and finalised the agenda.

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