Tripura assembly budget session begins from today

Agartala, Feb 16: The month-long budget session of the Tripura assembly will begin here on Friday, Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debth said on Thursday. “The budget session of Tripura assembly would start on Friday and after a break, it would continue till March 15. The actual sittings of the session would be nine days,” Debth told reporters. He said that Governor Tathagata Roy would deliver his customary address to the legislature on the opening day on Friday, while Fince Minister Bhanulal Saha would present the state Budget for the 2016-17 fincial year on Monday. The Speaker said that some bills, including a bill amending the Tripura Lokayukta Act, 2008, would be presented in the house. The Opposition Congress and Trimool Congress said that they would raise some important issues in the house. These include action against chit fund organisations and recent violent incidents in the state. (IANS)