After formation of the new Naveen Patnaik Government, the first Session of the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) will begin from June 25 during which an annual Budget for the current year 2019-20 would be passed.
According to the schedule, the session will begin with a speech by Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal in the House. Election to the Deputy Speaker post would be held on June 27 and the Budget will be tabled in the House next day (June 28). The session will be held in two phases; first from June 25 to July 2 and second from July 12 to August 8. There will be a total of 30 working days in the session. Notably, an Annual Budget for three months for 2019-20 had been passed in March this year before the general elections held in April.
A full-fledged Budget would be passed following demand discussion in the House in the upcoming session, informed an official.
In the new Assembly, the BJP will be in the main Opposition Bench as it has won 23 seats next to the BJD’s 112.
The Congress, which was main Opposition during the last Assembly, has this time been pushed to the third position with nine MLAs.