Himachal Assembly Ends 12-Day Monsoon Session With 98% Productivity, Seeks National Disaster Tag
Lawmakers urged the Centre to declare the calamity a national disaster to strengthen the state's case for a special relief package.
Overview
- The House worked 59 of 60 allotted hours across 12 sittings, recording 98 percent productivity, according to Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania.
- Members passed 11 bills during the sitting, and the government later withdrew one bill after passage.
- Legislative scrutiny was heavy with 509 starred and 181 unstarred questions, multiple debates under Rules 62, 63, 130 and 324, a lengthy Rule 67 discussion, 43 Zero Hour issues, and 47 committee reports tabled.
- Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu acknowledged financial stress from the calamity, urged the opposition to press in Delhi for a special package, and proposed holding future monsoon sittings in September.
- Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur criticized the government's approach, saying the state faces both a natural disaster and an economic crisis and calling for a shift in focus to governance.