Assembly Session from Friday
Cong MLAs to sit together despite differences:
Imphal, Jan 31: The third session of the 9th Manipur Legislative Assembly which will have three sittings over a span of five days till February 5 will commence from Friday with the state Governor’s address to the House.
An interesting point to be witnessed in Friday’s sitting of the Assembly would be ruling Congress MLAs sitting together at the treasury bench even though the leadership crisis within the party is yet to be settled.
Mention may be made that the dissident MLAs of the ruling state Congress who were camping in New Delhi for nearly three months, with a few breaks, returned to the state capital to take part in the Assembly session after withdrawing their threat to boycott the session if chief minister O Ibobi Singh is not replaced.
As there are no plans from the Opposition side to put up a no confidence motion against the Ibobi led SPF government despite the leadership crisis in the ruling side the session is likely to continue smoothly.
All the arrangements for the smooth conduct of the session were completed late on Thursday, according to the officials of the Manipur Legislative Assembly.
Even though all necessary traffic arrangements in and around the Assembly complex have been made, all the MLAs and ministers including the chief minister and Governor, Dr. SS Sidhu are sure to be subjected to the irritating experience of travelling in the Imphal city due to the pipe laying works of the sewage project.
Currently, the hectic works for laying pipes along the Assembly road is in progress and due to the rains, difficulty in travelling by vehicles as well as on foot through the muddy road was witnessed.
Not only the Assembly road but all the streets in the Imphal city are all muddy due to the unexpected winter rains.
As the session is the first one of the year, the Governor, Dr SS Sidhu will give his address to the House which will commence from 11 am.
As per the business list of the Assembly, the Governor’s address will be followed by a motion of thanks and presentation of business advisory committee report.
The fourth report of the business advisory committee, 2008 will be presented to the House by the chief minister, O Ibobi Singh and who will also move for allocation of time proposed by the committee.
The Manipur Compulsory Registration of Marriage Bill, 2007 will also be introduced to House on the first day by the law and legislative affairs minister Th Debendra Singh.
The session which will continue till February 5 will have three sittings.
The advisory committee meeting on January 15 had decided to have three sittings over a span of five days till February 5.
As per the business list of the Assembly, in the second sitting on February 4, the House will discuss the Governor`s address followed by private members business.
The discussion on the Governor`s address will take place on the last day`s sitting on February 5 too which will be followed by consideration and passing of government bill, the Manipur Compulsory Registration of Marriage bill, 2007.
It may be recalled that a Cabinet meeting on January 8 decided to commence the third session of the state Assembly from February 20 as a full-budget session. But the state Governor returned the communique proposing summoning of the session.
After the Governor asked for reconsideration of the originally fixed date, a hurriedly called Cabinet meeting on the next day re-fixed the Assembly session on February 1 and thereafter the Governor summoned the session.
Source: The Imphal Free Press
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Imphal, Jan 31: The third session of the 9th Manipur Legislative Assembly which will have three sittings over a span of five days till February 5 will commence from Friday with the state Governor’s address to the House.
An interesting point to be witnessed in Friday’s sitting of the Assembly would be ruling Congress MLAs sitting together at the treasury bench even though the leadership crisis within the party is yet to be settled.
Mention may be made that the dissident MLAs of the ruling state Congress who were camping in New Delhi for nearly three months, with a few breaks, returned to the state capital to take part in the Assembly session after withdrawing their threat to boycott the session if chief minister O Ibobi Singh is not replaced.
As there are no plans from the Opposition side to put up a no confidence motion against the Ibobi led SPF government despite the leadership crisis in the ruling side the session is likely to continue smoothly.
All the arrangements for the smooth conduct of the session were completed late on Thursday, according to the officials of the Manipur Legislative Assembly.
Even though all necessary traffic arrangements in and around the Assembly complex have been made, all the MLAs and ministers including the chief minister and Governor, Dr. SS Sidhu are sure to be subjected to the irritating experience of travelling in the Imphal city due to the pipe laying works of the sewage project.
Currently, the hectic works for laying pipes along the Assembly road is in progress and due to the rains, difficulty in travelling by vehicles as well as on foot through the muddy road was witnessed.
Not only the Assembly road but all the streets in the Imphal city are all muddy due to the unexpected winter rains.
As the session is the first one of the year, the Governor, Dr SS Sidhu will give his address to the House which will commence from 11 am.
As per the business list of the Assembly, the Governor’s address will be followed by a motion of thanks and presentation of business advisory committee report.
The fourth report of the business advisory committee, 2008 will be presented to the House by the chief minister, O Ibobi Singh and who will also move for allocation of time proposed by the committee.
The Manipur Compulsory Registration of Marriage Bill, 2007 will also be introduced to House on the first day by the law and legislative affairs minister Th Debendra Singh.
The session which will continue till February 5 will have three sittings.
The advisory committee meeting on January 15 had decided to have three sittings over a span of five days till February 5.
As per the business list of the Assembly, in the second sitting on February 4, the House will discuss the Governor`s address followed by private members business.
The discussion on the Governor`s address will take place on the last day`s sitting on February 5 too which will be followed by consideration and passing of government bill, the Manipur Compulsory Registration of Marriage bill, 2007.
It may be recalled that a Cabinet meeting on January 8 decided to commence the third session of the state Assembly from February 20 as a full-budget session. But the state Governor returned the communique proposing summoning of the session.
After the Governor asked for reconsideration of the originally fixed date, a hurriedly called Cabinet meeting on the next day re-fixed the Assembly session on February 1 and thereafter the Governor summoned the session.
Source: The Imphal Free Press
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