By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The monsoon session of the Legislative Assembly will begin on July 2. An all-party meeting chaired by Speaker Bikram Arukha was held on Wednesday. The session will have a total of 24 working days. Speaker sought the cooperation of all to ensure that all work was carried out smoothly.
Minister Pratap Deb and MLA Pranab Das of BJD, Narasingh Mishra of Congress and Mohan Majhi of BJP joined the meet hosted by Speaker Arukha.
“We have increased the second half time period by another hour so that more number of MLAs can participate in the Budget discussions,” Mr.Arukha told reporters.
All the Members, their staff, employees of Assembly and journalists will undergo Covid-19 testing before the commencement of the session.
The monsoon session of Odisha Legislative Assembly will begin from July 2 and continue till August 4. Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari is slated to present the State Budget for the remaining eight months of the year 2022-23 on the first day of the session (on July 2).
The Monsoon session of the Assembly will have 24 working days and will continue till August 4. The House will be adjourned from July 7 to 13. The second phase of the session will begin on July 14 and will run till August 9.
