First session of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly / Governor's address will start, Chief Minister will present vote on account on the floor of the house

The first session of the fifth assembly of Uttarakhand will begin from Tuesday. The session will begin with the Governor's address. In this evening itself, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will lay the Vote on Account for the financial year 2022-23 on the table of the House. On Monday, the agenda of the day was decided in the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee under the chairmanship of Speaker Ritu Khanduri. However, no MLA from the Congress took part in the business advisory.

All preparations have been completed for the assembly session. The session will begin with the Governor's address at 11 am. Vote on Account will be presented by the government in the evening of the same day. In the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee in the Legislative Assembly, the parties and the opposition discussed the parliamentary proceedings during the session. One day's agenda was fixed in the business meeting.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Premchand Agarwal, MLA Khajan Das, BSP Legislature Party leader Mohammad Shahzad were present in the meeting. Whereas the Congress did not participate in the business consultation due to non-selection of the Leader of the Opposition. It was decided in the meeting that the agenda would be decided in the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee again on Tuesday. On this occasion, Secretary of the Legislative Assembly Mukesh Singhal, Principal Secretary of Legislative Assembly Heera Singh Bonal and other officials were present.

Proud moment for me, challenge too: Khanduri

Speaker Ritu Bhushan Khanduri said that it is a proud moment for him to conduct the House for the first time as Speaker. At the same time, there is a challenge for them as well. He has expected the cooperation of all the members of the House to conduct the session peacefully and smoothly. He said that there would be a positive discussion in the House on the issues raised in the state's development and public interest. Equal opportunities will be provided to all the members of the ruling party and the opposition together.

My endeavor will be to empower the democratic institution to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the people. We can do public welfare by keeping control over the executive only by making the House the center of wide discussion for the formulation of policies and laws and matters related to public interest. -Ritu Bhushan Khanduri, Speaker of the Assembly