The government and the opposition have reached the summer capital Gairsain (Bharadisain) for the four-day assembly session starting from today. During the session, the House is expected to heat up on the issue of disaster and alleged irregularities in the Panchayat elections. The government will present a supplementary budget for financial requirements. Along with this, the government will bring nine bills including amendments to the Uttarakhand Religious Freedom Act for passage. All preparations for the session have been completed. Assembly Speaker Ritu Bhushan Khanduri, who reached Bharadisain two days before the start of the session, conducted a ground inspection of the arrangements for organizing the session and gave guidelines to the officials of the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat. On Monday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also reached Gairsain by helicopter on Tuesday. There he was welcomed by local public representatives including Karnaprayag MLA Anil Nautiyal. The process of MLAs of the ruling party and the opposition reaching Bharadisain has also started. The noise of government vehicles and staff arriving in large numbers has broken the silence of Bhararisain.
There is a possibility of uproar inside the House on the issue of disaster, alleged disturbances in the Tristiray Panchayat elections, law and order. The opposition will try to corner the government on issues related to education, health, corruption, development. On the other hand, the ruling party has also devised a strategy to respond to the attacks of the opposition. Also, more than 550 questions of the members on the floor of the House will test the ministers.
These major bills will be introduced
– Uttarakhand Religious Freedom (Amendment) Bill 2025
– Uttarakhand Minority Education Bill 2025
– Uttarakhand Witness Protection (Repeal) Bill 2025
– Uttarakhand Uniform Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
– Bill related to increasing the facilities of democracy fighters 2025
– Panchayat Raj Amendment Bill
– Supplementary Bill
The supplementary budget will be of Rs 5000 crore
During the session, the government will present a supplementary budget to meet its financial requirements. The supplementary budget is estimated to be around Rs 5000 crore. As Finance Minister, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will present the supplementary budget.
All arrangements are complete for the Assembly Monsoon Session. I expect cooperation from the ruling and opposition parties to ensure smooth functioning of the House. I urge all MLAs to keep in mind the dignity of the House and raise the issues of development of the state and public issues of their constituencies so that an in-depth discussion can be held in the House.
-Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, Speaker, Assembly
