The four days winter session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, begins today in Dharamshala. Some important bills, including a Bill to regulate Private educational institutions and universities are expected to be introduced and passed during the four-day long brief session. The bill to regulate higher education was introduced in the last session but was referred to select committee by the speaker. Another bill seeking to bring uniformity in earlier bills passed for setting up private universities would also be introduced during the session. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today attacked the UPA government for reducing the quota of kerosene in the state and failing to maintain regular supply of LPG. He said it was mainly because of mismanagement on the part of the government that regular supply of LPG was not available and people were facing acute shortage.Dhumal also urged the Centre to adequately compensate the state for denial of revenue due to the ban imposed on tree felling. Referring to recent fake certificate scam in Himachal Board of School Education, the Chief Minister said that an inquiry report has been submitted and is being studied by the government. The opposition Congress party will have tough time cornering the ruling BJP as it’s top leadership has been accused of going soft on the BJP government. The assembly session generally commences in the last week of December but this year it has been preponed due to forthcoming elections of panchayat and local bodies. The session will have four sittings in total.
News On AIR | December 6, 2010 11:12 AM
Winter session of HP assembly begins