The second part of the Budget Session of Uttarakhand assembly would commence from March 25 at Dehradun. The governor of Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya issued the notification for the session on Friday. In her order,the governor has said the session would be held in Dehradun in view of the Uttarakhand government declaring Coronavirus (COVID-19) as epidemic in the state.
The first part of the budget session was organised at Bharadisain near Gairsain in Chamoli district. As per the convention, one session of assembly is organised at one place only. After the outbreak of COVID-19 and state government declaring the disease as pandemic, a consensus between the ruling party and opposition was reached on holding the remaining part of session at Dehradun.
It is learnt that the state government consulted Congress leaders Indira Hridayesh and Pritam Singh before changing the venue of second part of the budget session. A proposal for holding session in Dehradun was passed by state cabinet on Thursday after which the governor issued a fresh notification on Friday.
The budget session of Uttarakhand assembly started at Bhararidain near Gairsain in Chamoli district on March 3. The session was adjourned on March 7 (Saturday) by the speaker Premchand Agarwal till March 25. The remaining part of the session is expected to be of three days.
The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat who also holds the finance portfolio had presented a budget of Rs 53526.97 Crore for the financial year 2020-21 at Gairsain. In the second part of the session, the departmental budgets would be passed by the assembly in Dehradun.
Meanwhile, the Vidhan Sabha building in Dehradun was sanitised thoroughly on Friday.
The drive to sanitize the building was done on the orders of the Speaker Prem Chand Agarwal. All the rooms, lobbies and all parts of the assembly building were sanitised on the day.