SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is set to begin its autumn session on September 21, with legislators submitting around 650 questions, 16-17 Private Member Bills and nearly 50 resolutions for consideration during the 10-day sitting.
The session is scheduled from September 21 to September 30.
The Assembly Secretariat has received around 650 questions from members. According to the supplied material, each legislator has been permitted to submit four starred and four unstarred questions for the session.
The volume of questions has been accompanied by a sizeable number of Private Member initiatives. Legislators from both the treasury and opposition benches have submitted 16-17 Private Member Bills, while around 50 Private Member Resolutions have also been received by the Secretariat.
Under the Assembly procedure, however, only seven of the submitted resolutions will be selected through a draw of lots for introduction in the House, subject to scrutiny for admissibility under the Rules.
The remaining resolutions will not be introduced during the session.
The question quota had earlier led to a dispute after Peoples Conference legislator Sajjad Gani Lone objected to the Secretariat allowing members to submit eight questions instead of the quota provided under Rule 45 for a non-Budget session.
According to the supplied material, Rule 45 provides for five starred and five unstarred questions for each member during a non-Budget session, while the Secretariat bulletin for the upcoming session permitted four starred and four unstarred questions.
Lone had urged Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to review the decision.
The Assembly’s official National e-Vidhan portal lists the September sitting as the sixth session of the J&K Legislative Assembly and carries the provisional calendar and notices issued for the autumn session.
The number of questions and Private Member initiatives is expected to place considerable demand on the House’s available time, particularly given the limited opportunities for discussion on Private Member Bills and resolutions.
The autumn session is therefore set to include not only government business but also a substantial volume of issues submitted by individual legislators for discussion and response from the administration.
The article first appeared on The Kashmir Pulse at https://kashmirpulse.com/politics/jk-assembly-autumn-session-to-see-650-questions-17-private-member-bills/116383.html
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