Punjab Congress legislature Party chief Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday demanded longer session of the State Assembly beginning March 8 that would end on March 22.
Channi pointed out that leaving out four days of weekends (Sundays and Saturdays), then two non-official days, one day for budget, one day for obituaries, one day governor address, only six days are left for the discussions on important issues related to the state and people of Punjab.
He said that he had already written a letter to speaker of Punjab vidhan sabha to at least have the session for 25 days.
The congress party wanted to take up important issues like increasing number of farmers suicides and Farm workers, atrocities on Dalits, law and order in Punjab, unemployment among the youth of Punjab, drugs problem, sand and gravel issue, closure of industrial units in Punjab, stopping of welfare schemes for the minorities, education system, job outsourcing and promises which were made by the SAD-BJP in their election manifesto.