The Yogi government has decided to hold a small one week long assembly session from May 15 to pass the GST bill.
This however will be inaugural session of the 17th Uttar Pradesh assembly. The Budget session will be held later.
The state cabinet which met here under the chairmanship of chief minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to hold a special one week session from May 15 to pass GST, informed state government spokesperson and state power minister Shrikant Sharma. The GST is slated to be implemented from July 1 next and hence UP government had to summon the assembly to pass the Bill, Sharma said.
On the opening day governor Ram Naik would address the joint session of both the houses of the state legislature. This would be the first sitting of the state assembly after the members were administered oath in the last week of March. However, the budget session of the assembly is slated to be held from second week of June. Earlier in the day, UP CM along with assembly speaker Hridya narain Dixit and state parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Kumar Khanna met the Governor and took his permission for the special session of the assembly.