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Last Budget session of present Govt.

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI MARCH 7. The crucial Budget session of the Delhi Assembly, scheduled to begin on March 17, will open with the Lieutenant-Governor's address outlining the priorities and commitments of the Congress-led Government.

It would be the last Budget session of the present Government before the Assembly elections due in November this year.

The session, which is already evoking an overwhelming response from the MLAs, will witness a virtual battle for supremacy between the ruling Congress and the BJP with both trying to outwit each other and score some points. The Budget would be presented on March 24 in order to enable the members to have detailed discussion and pass it before the end of the current financial year. Although, the Government has still not notified the business it intends to conduct during the session, it is learnt that some crucial Bills would be brought forward for scrutiny of the legislature.

Apart from this, there would be debate on the Lieutenant-Governor's address and it would be interesting to watch for what all forms part of the speech as the Delhi Government has been at loggerheads with the Lieutenant-Governor over various issues including giving more powers and rights to the duly elected Delhi Government.

The session will end on April 4. In fact, ahead of the Assembly session, the Assembly Speaker, Chaudhary Prem Singh, today went around the Old Secretariat Complex inspecting the preparations being undertaken for the conduct of the session.

He instructed the Secretary Vidhan Sabha, Siddharth Rao, to instruct the PWD officials <243>to ensure completion of all works before the start of the session.

Mr. Prem Sigh also went around the Computer Room and witnessed the balloting exercise going on in the room of the Secretary with regard to the questions put up by the members.

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