Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Budget Session Begins February 2

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly’s budget session begins on February 2 with an address from Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The session will include legislative activities before and after Ramzan.

India

-Krishna Kripa

The
Jammu
and
Kashmir
Assembly’s
budget
session
is
set
to
commence
on
February
2,
with
Lieutenant
Governor
Manoj
Sinha
delivering
the
opening
address.
This
marks
the
beginning
of
the
second
budget
session
under
the
Omar
Abdullah
administration,
according
to
officials.

The
session
is
expected
to
be
divided
into
two
segments.
The
first
part
will
occur
before
Ramzan,
which
starts
on
February
18
or
19,
depending
on
the
Moon’s
sighting.
The
second
part
will
take
place
after
Eid-ul-Fitr.

Assembly
Session
Details

The
Secretary
of
the
Jammu
and
Kashmir
Legislative
Assembly
has
instructed
MLAs
to
limit
their
submissions.
They
should
not
send
more
than
10
starred
and
unstarred
questions
by
January
12.
Additionally,
no
more
than
two
bills
should
be
submitted
by
January
15,
and
a
maximum
of
four
resolutions
by
January
17.

Last
year,
Omar
Abdullah
presented
the
budget
on
March
7.
Reflecting
on
that
experience,
he
expressed
his
intention
not
to
present
a
budget
while
fasting
during
Ramzan
again.
He
had
spoken
for
nearly
an
hour
and
45
minutes
on
the
sixth
day
of
fasting.

Omar
Abdullah’s
Reflections

Omar
Abdullah,
who
also
holds
the
finance
portfolio,
shared
his
thoughts
after
last
year’s
budget
presentation.
“After
today’s
experience,
I
will
never
present
my
Budget
again
while
on
Ramadan
fast.
Either
I
will
pre-
or
postpone
the
session
or
request
the
Speaker
with
folded
hands
to
arrange
the
session
around
6.30
pm
after
breaking
the
day-long
fast,” he
had
said.

This
year’s
session
planning
considers
these
reflections,
aiming
to
accommodate
religious
observances
while
ensuring
legislative
duties
are
fulfilled
effectively.

With
inputs
from
PTI