The 13th session of the 15th Kerala Assembly will begin on Friday(January, 17) with a policy address by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. This will be the first address of Arlekar who was sworn in as state's 23rd Governor on January 2.
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Ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament that begins Thursday, several opposition MPs have given notices in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha demanding discussions on the situation in Manipur arising from a fresh controversy as a video of two women being paraded naked surfaced and was widely circulated.
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The Governor withdrew the decision just a few hours before the session on the plea to seek legal opinion after the Congress and BJP approached him arguing that the House rules did not allow it.
According to the proposed programme for the 18th Vidhan Sabha of the state, the first budget of the Yogi Adityanath government's second term will be tabled in the House on May 26.
The party said, "Congress President has decided to convene the Chintan Shivir of the Indian National Congress 'Nav Sankalp' in Udaipur on May 13th, 14th and May 15, 2022. About 400 Congressmen and women from every state will participate."
As against the scheduled 29 sittings, the House held 27 sittings including 10 during the first part of the Budget Session and 17 during the second part that concluded on Thursday.
The debate on the motion of thanks on the President's Address lasted for over 12 hours. Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha last week clocked 100 per cent productivity, with the Upper House making full use of the available time in the ongoing Budget session in the absence of any adjournments.
He reminded that the House lost 52.10 per cent of functional time during the last winter session, the first in the 75th year of freedom and a high of 70.40 per cent during the monsoon session last year.
