Haryana Vidhan Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday after passing four bills during the Budget session. These included Haryana School Teachers Selection Board (Repealing) Bill 2015, The Indian Stamp (Haryana Amendment) Bill 2015, The Haryana Appropriation (No. 2) Bill 2015 and The Haryana Appropriation (No.1) Bill 2015.
Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma informed that House that the Haryana School Teachers Selection Board has failed to achieve its desired results. To keep the posts filled up in educational institutions, the solution lies in repealing the Haryana Schools Teachers Selection Board Act 2011 and to entrust the work relating to appointment of teacher in government schools and selection of teachers educators, educational supervisor to Haryana Staff Selection Commission being a professional and specialised body.
Amid protests from Congress legislators who alleged that the Board has been unlawfully dissolved by the BJP led State Government, the House later passed the Haryana School Teachers Selection Board (Repealing) Bill, 2015 and three other bills. later, it was a rare moment of calm in Haryana Vidhan Sabha when representatives of all political parties thanked the Speaker on the concluding day of the budget session.
The Chief Minister Manohar lal, while addressing the house said that present budget session has witnessed highest 13 sittings which was more than the average sittings of House during the last ten years. While thanking the Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kanwar Pal Gujjar, the Chief Minister said that every member has been given opportunity to participate in the discussions in the House. Discussion were held for about 1400 minutes out of which opposition has given 756 minutes and 602 minutes have been given to ruling party members.
leader of opposition, Abhay Chautala also thanked the Speaker for extending the session and urged him to extend the duration of next session as well. Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said “Allegations were leveled against us that decision in our tenure were taken keeping in mind the vote bank”.