Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly to begin on Sep 29

Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (IANS) The monsoon session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly is scheduled to begin from September 29 with strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines, said a notification on Monday.

The session will conclude on October 7.

The session will have eight sittings which will also include a Sunday. There will be no sitting on October 2 (Gandhi Jayanti), the notification said.

Earlier, Assembly Speaker Surya Narayan Patro had said that all the MLAs, staff and other senior officials will have to undergo COVID-19 tests two days before the commencement of the monsoon session.

He said that senior MLAs can join the proceedings through video conferencing from their respective district headquarters.

–IANS

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