Madhya Pradesh Congress Demands 21-Day Budget Session, LoP Umang Singhar Submits Memo To Governor

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Umang Singhar on Friday demanded that the Vidhan Sabha's budget session be held for 21 days instead of 15 days as announced. In a letter to Governor Mangubhai Patel, Singhar said that as per a notification of February 6, the budget session would be held from March 10-24 during which only nine sittings of the House would take place.

According to LoP, important matters like Governor's address, thanksgiving motion, and discussion on demands will be taken up during the budget session. Earlier, the state's budget sessions used to have more sittings than this time, he said.

Even during these nine days, discussions will effectively be held only on seven days. In the history of the MP assembly, this is the shortest duration of the budget session, claimed the Congress leader. He said nine days were not enough for discussions in the House, demanding that the session's duration be increased to 21 days to facilitate discussions on important issues related to the public.

Singhar led a delegation, including deputy leader of Opposition Hemant Katare and senior MLAs Arif Masood and Phool Singh Barriya, that met Governor and handed over the letter demanding 21 days for the budget session.