The Winter Session of the fourth Vidhan Sabha of Uttarakhand commencing Thursday at Bharadisain in Gairsain is expected to be a tumultuous affair with the opposition Congress threatening to question the Government on various issues.
In a meeting of the Congress legislators presided over by the leader of opposition Indira Hridayesh here on late evening discussed the issues to be raised during the course of assembly session. Giving a hint of the Congress plans, Hridayesh while taking to The Pioneer said that the party would question the motive of the State Government to amalgamate large number villages into municipal bodies. “This move would result in creation of concrete jungles in the villages. Further the government has made no budgetary provision for the municipal bodies,’’ she said. The leader of opposition also attacked the government for sloppy arrangements for the assembly session. She said that the administration has made no arrangements for the boarding and lodging for the staff members of the MlAs. Meanwhile the Assembly speaker Prem Chand Agarwal conducted an inspection of the arrangements for the session here. Expressing satisfaction he opined that the administration and the Vidhan Sabha secretariat have made very good arrangements amid adverse climatic and other conditions.
Expressing confidence that the Vidhan Sabha session would run smoothly, he said that all members of the assembly showed exemplary wisdom during last session when proceedings went on till late in the night.
The Bharatiya Janata Party State president Ajay Bhatt also accompanied the speaker during the inspection. On the question of when a final decision on the permanent state capital would be taken, Bhatt said that the BJP has declared in its election manifesto that Gairsain would be made summer capital of the state and the Government is establishing infrastructure and other facilities here. He, however, added that Gairsain would be made the summer capital during the five year term of the BJP Government giving a clear indication that the Government would not bring any proposal for the capital in the ensuing session of the state assembly.