The five-day brief monsoon session of Uttar Pradesh assembly will commence here from July 29.
The session will have five sittings and as per the tentative agenda approved by assembly Speaker Satish Mahana, the session will conclude on August 2.
This will be the second session of the year.
As per the agenda, the government is unlikely to seek supplementary grants for the current fiscal 2024-25.
On day one, the government will transact the legislative business and table the bills for replacing ordinances promulgated when the assembly was not in session.
The important bills for replacing ordinance include Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Adhiniyam, 2023.
The state cabinet on June 25 had also approved the proposal to bring an ordinance to make some exceptions in the anticipatory bail provisions. The cabinet had approved and ordinances were promulgated . They included UP Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2024, to bring amendments in the state laws, including the UP Gangsters and Anti-social activities (Prevention) Act, 1986; the UP Control of Goondas Act, 1970; the UP Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Act, 2020; the UP Dacoity Affected Areas Act, 1983; the UP Special Security Force Act, 2020; and UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.
The proceedings of the state legislature are likely to be stormy as the main opposition Samajwadi Party, upbeat after winning 37 seats in recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, will be on the offensive against the government.
The opposition party is all set to exploit the internal discord within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party following its disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has already stirred the hornet’s nest with his monsoon offer. “Bring hundred MLAs, form the government!” stated Yadav in a post on X in Hindi.
“The statements of BJP leaders speak on the situation in the BJP. If 100 dissatisfied MLAs part ways, the Samajwadi Party will ensure formation of their government,” said SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary.
“Samajwadi Party chief is confused. This reflects their ego. Whenever the Samajwadi Party gains a few seats, its leaders begin behaving in this fashion. Such a statement is ridiculous,” said Vijay Pathak, MLC and Uttar Pradesh BJP vice-president.
Besides the floods that have affected several districts of UP, the opposition has given indications about raising issues of people’s concern like rising inflation.
Both the government and opposition have started preparations for the by-election to 10 assembly seats in the coming months. The bypoll outcome may prove to be an acid test for the BJP and the opposition alike.
It may be mentioned that the state legislature’s budget session was adjourned sine die on February 10. So, the state government is constitutionally bound to convene the state legislature’s session before August 10.
“We don’t have much pending business for the state legislature. So, the monsoon session will be short,” said a senior minister.
