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HP Assy ten days monsoon session convened on Tuesday

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly longest ever monsoon session is  convened here today as notification  released by Vidhan Sabha secretariat scheduling the 12th session of 13 legislative assembly from August 2  2021 to August 13, 2021 at Shimla.  .
Vidhan Sabha Secretary Mr Yashpal Sharma told our reporter that outgoing Guv of Himachal Pradesh Bandaru Datatrya has given the assent to convened the monsoon session on the advise of state council of minister recently. 
He said that there would be total ten sittings of the house from August 2 to 13 , 2012 with two days break on Saturday and Sunday. 
Two days would be dedicated to private member bills or resolutions on each Thursday on August 5 & 13.
This session would extended to ten days to complete the minimum requisite 35 sittings or meetings  in an year and to keep the Winter session short at Dharmshala in wake of third wave of Covid pandemic. 
He said that Monsoon session normally last for five to six days annually but  since the state assembly could not complete the minimum 35 sitting last years due to Covid pandemic the session has been prolonged for ten days first time to complete most of sitting.

This would be longest ever Monsoon session in unicameral legislative assembly history and it will enable to complete  27 annual meetings of assembly as 17 sittings were already completed  during the budget session earlier this year.

Mr Sharma said that as many as 30 Vidhan Sabha queries are raised online by the member of assembly and state government would come up with the Vidhan Sabha agenda. 
Mr. Sharma said that session would begin with four obituary references on the first days of session including former Chief Minister and sitting member of assembly from Arki Mr  Virbhadra Singh, Vidhan Sabha Chief Whip of Vidhan Sabha  and sitting member of assembly from Jubbal-Kotkhai Mr Narinder Bragta and two other members who died in between the Budget and monsoon session during this year. 
The house likely to adjourn on the very first day monsoon session on the demise of two sitting members however the house likely to discuss the obituary references and pay tribute to the former membbers who died since last session.

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