Nagaland Assembly Budget session begins on Saturday; Yangseo Sangtam to be Dy. NLA Speaker

Our Correspondent
Kohima, March 18 (EMN): The eleventh session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) begins today, on Saturday, and it will culminate on March 25.

According to the provisional programme for the session updated by the NLA secretariat, Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi will address the House, which would be followed by obituary reference, election of Deputy NLA Speaker and moving of motion of thanks to the governor’s address.

The House will take a break on March 20, which falls on a Sunday, before resuming the session on Monday with a recess on March 23.

Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, who also holds the portfolio for Finance, will present the state Budget for 2022-2023.

Other lists of business during the session include laying of annual administrative reports by various departments, discussion on matters of urgent public importance, introduction of government resolution; consideration and adoption if any among others.

The House will then pass the budget on March 25, the last day of the session.

This will be the first budget session after the formation of United Democratic Alliance (UDA).

Only one nomination for Dy. Speaker

Meanwhile, Independent MLA Yangseo Sangtam is set to become the deputy speaker of NLA as he is the lone candidate to file for the post when nomination closed.

With no other candidates in the fray, the first-time legislator who won the 60 Pungro-Kiphire Assembly Constituency (AC) bye-election in 2020, will be elected Deputy Speaker of NLA uncontested today.

Sangtam’s candidature was proposed by legislator KT Sukhalu and seconded by MLA H Haying.