First session of J&K Assembly to begin on Nov 4
Srinagar, Oct 22: Jammu & Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has summoned the first session of the newly elected Legislative Assembly on November 4. The election for the post of the Speaker has also been scheduled on the same day.
Official sources said that LG Manoj Sinha has summoned the first session of the Legislative Assembly on Nov 04 at 11.30 AM.
The session will begin with the address of the LG to the House. In the address, the LG is expected to outline priorities of the government.
Under the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act-2019, the LG shall address House and inform the causes for its summon at the commencement of the first session after each general election to the Legislative Assembly and at the commencement of the first session of each year.
Sources also disclosed that LG Manoj Sinha has also scheduled election for the post of the Speaker on the same day at 10:30 am.
“The election for the post of the Speaker has been fixed by LG in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under Rule 9(1) of the Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly,” they said.
