Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 25
The state government is going to table 10 ordinances and three Bills in the monsoon session of the Assembly starting on Wednesday, Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa told the media here on Tuesday.
He will carry out the proceedings of the House in the absence of Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, as he is admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram after testing positive for Covid.
"All arrangements have been made. No one without the Covid-negative report will be allowed inside the Assembly. The test reports of all legislators have been received. Besides Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and the Speaker, five have tested positive. They are Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma, Harvinder Kalyan, Aseem Goyal, Ram Kumar Kashyap and Lakshman Napa," Gangwa said.
Of the 365 members of the Assembly staff who were tested, the report of six came positive. "The Assembly has been sanitised. The legislators will be seated in the visitors' and Speaker's gallery. Social distancing will be observed strictly," he added.
On the Bills to be tabled, he said one of them was on 50 per cent reservation for women in panchayats and eight per cent quota for Backward Class (A).
On the duration of the House, Gangwa said, "The Business Advisory Committee will decide the matter. It will convene a meeting at 11 am on Wednesday. Some MLAs are for curtailing the duration of the session. The common view is that the session should be of one day."
One of the calling attention motions was on the registry scam, he added.
No decision on leader of House
The big question is who will be the leader of the House in the absence of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who has contracted Covid and is in a hospital. Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa said, "It is up to the Chief Minister to nominate the leader of the House as per rules." Home Minister Anil Vij is the senior-most minister in the Cabinet.
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