Overview

• The monsoon session reconvened on August 22 as a supplementary sitting through August 28 after an earlier adjournment following Shibu Soren’s death.
• Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore presented a Rs 4,296.62 crore supplementary budget, with discussion scheduled for August 25 after the House adjourned for the day.
• Members paid tribute to Soren and urged a resolution recommending the Bharat Ratna to be forwarded to the central government, led by Pradeep Yadav with backing from JDU’s Saryu Rai and AJSU’s Nirmal Mahato.
• Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the sentiment expressed by legislators would be considered by the House.
• Lawmakers proposed additional tributes including adding Soren’s life to school curricula, installing his statue in the Assembly, developing his village Nemra as a destination, and placing statues on Parasnath Hills.