West Bengal Assembly session from September 9

KOLKATA: West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee on Wednesday said that a session of the state Legislative Assembly will begin on September 9. He said that an all-party meeting has been called on September 8 to decide on the matter.

"This time the session of the state Assembly will be short, unlike the usual ones, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All members will have to maintain strict COVID protocols during the session. We will discuss about all these details and modalities during the all-party meeting," Banerjee said. The Speaker said that as per the norms, there can't be a gap of more than six months between two sessions. "The last session was adjourned in March this year because of the COVID-19 situation. So, the next session must be held by September," he informed. Earlier, the state government had sent a proposal to the Speaker to convene a session in the 295-member Assembly in the first or second week of September, sources said. (IANS)

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