<span style="color: #222222;">Amid the Covid 19 pandemic, the Kerala Assembly will convene for a day, tomorrow, August 24 for passage of the Finance Bill. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The brief session will also take up the opposition UDF's notice for a no-confidence motion against the LDF government and the discussion on it will be held for five hours.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The by-election to the Rajya Sabha seat which fell vacant after the demise of sitting member M P Veerandra Kumar, would also be held on Monday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Being the first session after the outbreak of COVID-19, it will witness social distancing in seating and restrictions on visitors and officials besides antigen tests for the members as part of precautionary measures against the virus.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A medical team would conduct rapid antigen tests on the members in the morning on the day of the session.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In case a member is found to be COVID-positive in the antigen test, arrangements have been made so that he/she can vote in the Rajya Sabha election and leave the assembly premises without participating in the other proceedings of the session.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, a release from the Speaker's office said the assembly complex and the adjacent areas were disinfected on Friday and special seating arrangements were being made for the session.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Each member will have a separate seat for this session in order to maintain the social distance.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">All the members will be provided with a sanitiser, mask and a face-shield along with a pair of gloves.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Public and the Speaker's galleries would be closed and all those entering the assembly complex would be subjected to thermal scanning.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the gallery for officials, only necessary staff will be allowed. In the press gallery, the seating will be arranged maintaining social distance.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The opposition front decided to bring the no-confidence motion as part of its protest seeking Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's resignation alleging that his office was linked to the recent case of gold smuggling through diplomatic channel.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The session was initially planned to be held on July 27, but the government had deferred it, citing COVID-19 situation.</span><br />