Punjab Cabinet decides to Summon Winter Session of Vidhan Sabha
KS Diwan/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
The Punjab Cabinet has decided to summon the next session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha from December 13 to 15, 2018.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh here today.
With the Cabinet decision, the Punjab Governor has been authorized to convene the 6th Session of THE 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha, as per clause (1) of Article 174 of the Constitution of India.
A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the session would commence on the afternoon of December 13 with obituary references. Legislative Business would be transacted in both, the morning and evening sessions on December 14.
The house would adjourn sine-die after the proposed legislative business on December 15, said the spokesperson.
Earlier the Punjab Council of Ministers, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Monday passed a special resolution to set up a Dera Baba Nanak Development Authority for the development and beautification of the area in and around Dera Baba Nanak ahead of the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji.
The Chief Minister has already announced a slew of development projects for the upgradation of infrastructure and facilities for the lakhs of pilgrims expected to visit the area during the historic occasion, for which the year-long celebrations were kicked off by the state government on Gurpurb, on 23rd November 2018.
