The State Legislative Assembly, the Budget Session of which is scheduled to commence from Thursday, shall have both Question Hour and Zero Hour unlike the previous sessions held during the Covid-19 situation.Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro informed this after chairing an all-party meeting at the Assembly building on Wednesday.
A number of other important decisions were also taken at the meeting.Adjournment Motions shall be discussed during the session for one and a half hours daily.
The working of the House would be divided into two sittings, i.e., from 10:30 am to 1 pm and then again from 4 pm to 6 pm. In case of important discussions, the post-lunch sitting can continue till 7 pm, the Speaker said. The session, which would begin with the Governor’s Address, is scheduled to continue till April 8. The Budget would be placed on February 22.
Twin City Commissioner of Police Sudhansu Sarangi informed that there would be a three-tier security arrangement around the State Assembly.
As many as 30 platoons of police forces would be deployed around the Assembly premises. About 100 senior police officers have been given the charge of security during the Assembly session. They would be overseen by the Bhubaneswar DCP, who has been given the overall charge of the security arrangements. The roads leading to the Assembly have been sealed to prevent any untoward event in view of the usual demonstrations staged during the session by various organisations to air their grievance, Sarangi said.