Gujarat Assembly Session dates revised; House to meet from Sept 9

Gandhinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) Gujarat’s ninth Assembly session, which was earlier scheduled to begin on September 8, has been pushed back by a day, with the state Legislature now set to meet from September 9 to 11.

According to a notification issued by the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Secretariat on Monday, Governor Acharya Devvrat cancelled the summons issued on August 3, under which the ninth session had been convened to commence on September 8.

A fresh summons was issued on August 31, revising the start date to September 9. The session will continue for three days — September 9, 10 and 11.

The House will take up government business, government Bills, the Last Day Motion and other business recommended by the Business Advisory Committee.

The revision also brings a change to the Question Hour schedule. Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary has decided that starred questions will now be taken up during Question Hour on all three days of the revised session.

The earlier schedule had provided for a three-day sitting from September 8 to 10. The revised summons therefore shifts the entire three-day programme forward by one day.

The Business Advisory Committee will determine the detailed business to be taken up during the sitting.

The session is expected to provide members an opportunity to raise constituency-related matters through questions and other legislative proceedings, in addition to consideration of government business and Bills.

The change in dates was formally communicated by the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Secretariat following the Governor’s fresh summons.

The revised schedule means the House will now convene for its ninth session on September 9 and continue its proceedings through September 11.

The Speaker’s decision on starred questions ensures that Question Hour will be conducted on each of the three sitting days under the revised programme.

–IANS

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