A meeting of the state cabinet was held here at official residence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday evening.
In the meeting the cabinet okayed the Governor’s address for the first session of the calendar year as well as gave go-ahead to the move to place a resolution to ratify the Constitution’s 126th Amendment of the Constitution.
Briefing newspersons, senior ministers Ravindra Choubey and Mohammad Akbar informed that the meeting was called to discuss in details about the day-long special session of the Chhattisgarh state assembly to be held on Thursday.
Only the two issues of governor’s address and resolution to support the 126th amendment in constitution were in the agenda of the meeting, they said.
Notably, Article 334 of the Constitution of India provides reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and special representation of the Anglo Indians in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies. The reservation and special representation, which was extended vide 95th Amendment for ten years, now expires on January 25, 2020.
The amendment seeks to extend by another ten years the reservation given to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.