Tribune News Service
Patiala, August 31
Former Deputy Speaker Bir Devinder Singh today termed the calling of one-day Punjab Assembly session on September 3, a “legislative fraud”.
The session will be held without a Question Hour and legislative agenda.
A “legislative fraud” is being committed “in order to circumvent the discussion on important issues confronting Punjab”, he said.
“Technically, one day session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly under Section 173 (1) of the Constitution, meets the statutory requirement of the Constitution to hold session of the Assembly within six months of the last sitting of the House. But the deceptive exercise does not correspond with the expectations of the people of Punjab, rather it sounds like a sham,” Bir Devinder Singh said in a release issued here.
The government may use the session for the remembrance of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji on his 400th birth anniversary, “but why scuttle the legitimate deliberation on other important issues expected to be discussed in the House”, questioned the former Deputy Speaker.
“The one-day session of the Punjab Assembly must be extended in deference to the expectations of the people and also as demanded by the collective opposition, including the PCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu,” he said.
Extend Punjab Assembly session: Bir Devinder Singh
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