On Monday, the Assam Assembly’s Winter Session will begin at 9 a.m. The Assam Assembly’s 5-day session will begin on December 20 and end on December 24, 2021.
The Assam Congress, the opposition party, has stated that they will address the topic of corruption in the Session. Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary announced that the Assembly Session will be extended till 4 or 6 p.m., rather than 2 p.m.
Winter session of the state assembly
The Assam administration, led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, is planning to revise the Cattle Preservation Bill 2021.
In the Winter Session of the State Assembly, the Assam government would also introduce a number of bills.
The Assam Co-operative societies amendment bill 2021, the Sonowal Kachari autonomous council amendment bill 2021, the Deori autonomous council amendment bill 2021, and the Assam tribal development authority (repeal) bill 2021 are among the bills that will be introduced in the Winter Session.
The Assam Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe reservation of position in service amendment bill 2021, the Guwahati Municipal co-operation amendment bill 2021, and the Assam Municipal amendment bill 2021 are among the other bills set to be introduced in the Winter Session.
The Assam excise amendment bill 2021, the Right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition rehabilitation and re-settlement amendment bill 2021, and the Assam fixation of land holdings ceiling amendment bill 2021 are all bills that will be introduced in the coming year.
After receiving criticism from opposition parties and other organisations, the Assam government has decided to revise the cattle preservation bill.
(Following the publication of an investigative article by The Wire and The Crosscurrent recently, the story received widespread attention. The news organisations collaborated on the inquiry)
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