Five Day winter session of Assam Legislative Assembly begins

The winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly has begun today. As per the latest inputs, the five-day session will see the presentation of several key bills which include the Assam Cattle Preservation Amendment Bill 2021, the Assam Excise Amendment Bill 2021, the Assam Recruitment Commission for Analogous Posts from class 3 and 4 Bill […]

All-party meet held ahead of Winter Session of Assam Legislative Assembly

Ahead of the Winter Session of Assam Assembly 2021, an important all-party meeting was held last night. The meeting was chaired by Assam Assembly speaker Biswajit Daimary. It is learnt that a total of 15 bills have reached speaker Daimary. Speaking to the media, Daimary said that the Assembly will sit till evening 6 if […]

Assam Budget presentation deferred

The tabling of Assam’s interim Budget was postponed on Thursday hours before its schedule, an assembly official said. The tabling of the interim Budget was postponed to Friday, stating that it clashed with the Governor’s address but sources claimed that it was deferred as state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was accompanying Union Home Minister […]

Assam Assembly passes bills for creation of three more autonomous councils

The Assam Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed three bills to create separate autonomous councils for Moran, Matak and Koch-Rajbongshi communities in the state. The Moran Autonomous Council Bill, 2020, The Matak Autonomous Council Bill, 2020 and The Kamatapur Autonomous Council Bill, 2020 were tabled on March 24, the last day of the Budget Session this […]

Assam Assembly session begins on a stormy note

The four-day Assam Legislative Assembly session began on a stormy note on the first day of the monsoon session on Monday, amid heated arguments and protests from the opposition over COVID-19, NRC and implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord. The opposition also staged walk out on the first day of the Assembly session. Leader […]

Assam Assembly holds special session begins on a stormy note; Oppn stages walk out

The first leg of a day-long special session of Assam Legislative Assembly began with a stormy note on Monday. The second leg of the session, will resume at 5 pm and is expected to last till 10 pm in the night. Earlier in the day, opposition Congress and AIUDF MLAs walked out of the Assembly […]

Opposition MLAs in Assam stage walkout from Assembly over Citizenship Amendment Bill, NRC

MLAs of opposition parties staged a walkout from on Thursday, on the first day of the winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly that began here Thursday and staged a protest demanding cancellation of the question hour and holding a discussion on Citizenship Amendment Bill and National Register of Citizens (NRC). “The reason behind the […]