<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the Monsoon Session the State Assembly has been postponed in light of the Corona virus pandemic. The five-day session was scheduled to begin here in Bhopal from 20th of July.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports,&nbsp;the Assembly official informed that the decision to defer the session was taken unanimously at an all-party meeting today chaired by Pro- tem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Leader of Opposition Kamal Nath and Home and Legislative Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra, among others.The decision will be forwarded to the governor Anandiben Patel for approval.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the COVID-19 case count in the state crossed to 20 thousand mark. The death toll in the state has also risen to 689. A total of 219 persons were discharged from hospitals<b><i>&nbsp;</i></b>yesterday taking the number of the recovered cases to 14 thousand 127. Now, the state has five thousand 565 active cases.</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | July 17, 2020 8:29 PM
MP assembly monsoon session postponed due to Coronavirus pandemic