In Jammu and Kashmir, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, today adjourned the House sine die. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the 21-day assembly session commenced on 3rd March with the LG’s address and culminated this afternoon.

The speaker informed the house that during the session, 1355 questions were received; 154 main questions were taken up during this session, while 353 supplementary questions were answered. He also informed the house that 1738 cut motions were also received and 1731 were taken up for the discussions. The speaker further informed the house that three government bills were received and subsequently passed by the house. He added that 33 private members’ bills were also received and listed for the business. He further informed the house that 78 Calling Attention Motions were received by the Assembly Secretariat, out of which 23 were listed for the business and 34 were disallowed. The speaker also informed that 109 resolutions were received during the session, out of which 85 were admitted and 14 were listed for business.

The speaker further said that more than 39 hours were utilised during the budget session. The Speaker thanked all the Assembly Members for their cooperation for the smooth conduct of the Assembly proceedings. He also thanked the Information Department, Assembly Secretariat, Health Department, All India Radio, Doordarshan, J&K Police, Media and other stakeholders for support during the Budget Session.