Budget session of MP Assembly to begin from Monday

The budget session of the MadhyaPradesh Assembly will commence here from Monday with adherenceto COVID-19 guidelines.

The session will formally begin with state GovernorAnandiben Patel's address.

Before that, BJP MLA from Deotalab (Rewa district)Girish Gautam will be elected unopposed as the AssemblySpeaker because the opposition Congress has decided not tofield its candidate.

Gautam filed his nomination papers on Sunday.

The budget session will continue till March 26.

Meanwhile, protem speaker of MP Assembly RameshwarSharma chaired an all-party meeting held on Sunday.

It was decided that social distancing norms and otherprotocols would be observed during the session in view of thecoronavirus situation.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh and senior Congresslegislators, including Dr Govind Singh and N P Prajapati werepresent in this meeting, an official of the Assemblysecretariat said.