Uttar Pradesh assembly Speaker Satish Mahana on Wednesday apprised the leaders of all political parties about the paperless proceedings of the House.
The speaker briefed them about the measures being taken to pave way for implementation of e-Vidhan that proposes to bring all the legislatures on a common digital platform and make them paperless
Presiding over an all-meeting, Mahana sought the cooperation of the opposition parties for the smooth conduct of the proceedings of the House.
The speaker said the leaders of all political parties assured to extend their cooperation for the smooth conduct of the proceedings of the House. He said the leader of opposition, Akhilesh Yadav, was not present in the meeting.
He said Akhilesh Yadav sent a letter informing him that he had to visit the family of his party ex-MLA whose mother recently expired. He said from the Samajwadi Party, Iqbal Mehmood was present in the meeting.
The Speaker said the UP assembly, being the largest assembly in the country, set the ideals and standards for the rest of the state legislatures of the country.
The speaker, seeking the cooperation of the opposition parties, said all parties should table their point of view on different issues with the established traditions of the House and parliamentary decorum.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna assured the leaders of the opposition parties that the government was ready for meaningful debate on all issues and was committed to positively consider all issues raised by the members in the House.
Besides the Samajwadi Party member, Ajay Kumar from Rashtriya Lok Dal, Ram Nivas Verma from Apna Dal, Sanjay Nishad from NISHAD Party , Om Prakash Rajbhar from Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, Aradhana Mishra from Congress and Umashankar Singh from Bahujan Samaj Party participated in the meeting.
All the leaders assured the speaker to extend their cooperation for the conduct of the proceedings of the House.