Jharkhand Assembly Winter Session Begins Friday, Speaker Urges Constructive Participation

Ranchi- The Winter Session of the Jharkhand Assembly will begin on Friday, with Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato holding an all-party meeting ahead of it.

In the meeting, the Speaker urged both the ruling coalition and the opposition to maintain order and ensure a constructive and productive session. All parties agreed to cooperate during the proceedings.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Radha Krishna Kishore, Leader of the Opposition Babulal Marandi, RJD Legislature Party leader Suresh Paswan, LJP-R leader Janardan Paswan, AJSU’s Nirmal Mahto and CPI-ML’s Arup Chatterjee were present.

Discussions centred on upholding decorum, completing legislative business on time and conducting the Question Hour seriously.

The five-day session, scheduled from December 5 to 11, will feature debates on key issues. The supplementary budget will be tabled on December 8. Question Hour will be held on four days, during which the opposition plans to raise various public concerns.

This session also marks one year of the current Hemant Soren government. The BJP-led opposition is gearing up to target the government over alleged stalled development works, corruption and administrative inaction, as highlighted in a recently issued “charge sheet”.

Meanwhile, the ruling JMM-Congress alliance will counter these claims by showcasing progress and departmental achievements. Several important bills are expected to be taken up.

The government will present updates on rural and urban development, agriculture, health and education, while the opposition is set to raise issues related to law and order, unemployment, mining, corruption and recruitment.

Intense exchanges between the treasury and opposition benches are anticipated.

With inputs from IANS