Lucknow . The four-day assembly session in Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to begin on 20 August. The experience of this session going to be in this new normal will be different as it will be conducted according to the protocol of the Kovid-19 epidemic. Special arrangements will be made to follow social distancing. Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit said, “The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly will give an example of how to conduct a session even in challenging circumstances to make laws on important matters. I am confident that all our members will set an example for the country And will ensure that serious topics of public concern can be addressed in the session. We hope that there will be no disruption during this brief session. ”
Uttar Pradesh will be the first state to have a regular session during the epidemic.
This monsoon session has been convened to fulfill the constitutional obligation to hold the session within 6 months after the last session in February.
Principal Secretary of Legislative Assembly Pradeep Kumar Dubey said, “Special filters will be used in the central air conditioning system to prevent the spread of the virus. The central canteen will remain closed.”
To ensure social distancing, legislators will be seated in various galleries, including the Press Gallery. Therefore, there is also a proposal to cancel all media passes.
Sources said that during an all-party meeting on Thursday, the leaders also talked about sending the matter to the President for review to extend the time limit for holding the session to 8 months or more.
Let us state that nine ministers of the state have been infected and many staff members in the assembly are also infected.
Leader of the Opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary has recently been discharged from the hospital. Nevertheless, the opposition wants that a discussion on a number of issues is necessary and hence the assembly session is called.
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