484 questions received by Vidhan Sabha from members
A day ahead of the start of the three-day winter session of the Vidhan Sabha, the meetings of the legislature party leaders and the business advisory committee were presided over by the Assembly speaker Premchand Agrawal on Sunday. In the meeting of the legislature party leaders, the opposition leaders assured cooperation in facilitating the functioning of the House effectively. The speaker asked members of both the treasury benches and the opposition to cooperate especially in view of the impact of Covid-19. He informed that 484 questions have been received by the assembly from the MLAs for the session.
The house business for December 21 and 22 was discussed in the meeting of the business advisory committee. The speaker informed that on Monday, tribute will be paid to deceased members. These include the BJP MLA from Salt, Surendra Singh Jeena, former deputy speaker of the assembly and senior Congress leader Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri, former Congress MLA from Pauri, Sundarlal Mandrawal, two-time BJP MLA from Pithoragarh in undivided Uttar Pradesh, Krishna Chandra Punetha and former MLA Tejpal Singh Panwar. Later on the same day the presentation of supplementary demands for grants will be tabled in the Assembly. The speaker further informed that on December 22, discussion will be held on supplementary demands for grants. In addition to this, the question hour will be held and five bills will be tabled in the Vidhan Sabha. To decide the business for the following days, the business advisory committee will meet again on December 22. Agrawal further informed that the Uttarakhand Public Service (Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections) (Amendment) bill 2020, Uttarakhand (Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act 1901) (Amendment) bill 2020, Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (Amendment) bill 2020, Uttarakhand Martyr Dependent Ex-Gratia Grant bill 2020 and Uttarakhand Appropriation (2020-21) Supplementary bill 2020 will be tabled in the assembly.
Those who attended the business advisory committee meeting included the parliamentary affairs minister Madan Kaushik, Vidhan Sabha deputy speaker Raghunath Singh Chauhan, leader of opposition Indira Hridayesh, MLAs Pritam Singh, Khajan Das, secretary in-charge of the Vidhan Sabha, Mukesh Singhal and other officials concerned.
Monday, 21 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
