The monsoon session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly started today. On the first day of session the house was adjourned till Monday after a condolence motion. On the first day Assembly Speaker Rabindranath Mahato addressed the House. The condolence motion began in which the House expressed condolences to the politicians, social workers, players, artists and other dignitaries who have passed away in the state and the country since the last session. Assembly Speaker and Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Leader of Opposition Amar Bauri and many MLAs presented condolence motions. After this, the House has been adjourned till 11 am on Monday.
There will be six working days in it. This will be the last session of the tenure of the Hemant Soren government. After this, assembly elections are going to be held. In this six-day session, the government will present the supplementary budget in the House. In this session, which will run till August 2, the proceedings will not run on 27 and 28 July due to Saturday and Sunday.
During the session, the first supplementary budget for 2024-25 will be tabled and several bills will be presented.
Stating that the previous sessions had been productive, he expressed hope that debates will remain decent despite differences of opinions among the members.
"Though the session is scheduled for a brief period, it is very important," he said.
The JMM-led ruling alliance partners in Jharkhand held a meeting on Thursday to chalk out strategies during the monsoon session of the Assembly and expressed hope that the opposition will cooperate to ensure the smooth functioning of the House.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren also shared his optimism for a productive and orderly session of the Assembly, expressing hope that all parties would collaborate effectively to address the state's issues.
The opposition, on the other hand, planned to focus on several issues, especially corruption, law and order, alleged Bangladeshi infiltration and non-fulfilment of promises by the government.
BJP state president Babulal Marandi said party MLAs will raise demographic changes in Santhal Pargana in the Assembly.
"The tribal population has declined to 28 per cent in 2011 from earlier 44.67 per cent and Muslim population rose from 9.44 per cent to 22.73 per cent in Santhal Parganas," he claimed before the start of the session.
Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto had also convened an all-party meeting on Thursday to ensure the smooth functioning of the House during the six-day long monsoon session, which will end on August 2. The Speaker's Tribunal on Thursday disqualified two legislators - JMM's Lobin Hembrom and Congress's Jai Prakash Bhai Patel - under the anti-defection law with effect from July 26.
