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Delhi Politics: The second session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly has ended. Chairman Vijendra Gupta spoke in detail on the achievements of the session and future plans. He informed about the assembly proceedings, proposals passed, CAG reports and discussions on the budget. At the same time, he also made it clear that now transparency and accountability in the House will be the top priority.
The second session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly started on 24 March 2025 and was adjourned indefinitely on 2 April. In a total of 7 meetings, the house proceeded for 27 hours 56 minutes. During this, a historic budget of one lakh crore rupees was passed. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presented this budget on 25 March, which was discussed intense for 7 hours 13 minutes and 36 MLAs participated in it. The chairman claimed that the opposition was given more time than his proportional number, so that he could keep his point.
After a long time, the Question Hour was resumed in the House, which is an important platform to decide the accountability of the government. The secretariat received a total of 384 questions, out of which 80 starred and 282 unstarred questions were accepted. On March 28, the chairman directed that from now on, questions on ‘reserved subjects’ will be accepted on a case-to-case basis. Under the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision, ‘Services’ will no longer be considered a reserved subject, so the questions related to it will now be raised in the House.
Six CAG reports presented in House during session
During the session, the government presented six reports of CAG in the House, including the financial status of the Delhi Government’s Financial Accounts (2021-22, 2022-23), the economic status of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and air pollution and vehicle emissions in Delhi. 26 MLAs discussed these reports, but the opposition MLAs were absent. The Chairman called it a ‘big omission’ of the opposition and said that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Committee on Government Undertakings (COGU) will complete their investigation on these reports in three months.
After reviewing the incomplete cases of the Privilege Committee, Petition Committee and Question and Reference Committee of the East Assembly, the Chairman decided that they would not be extended forward. He said that these cases were used by the previous government as ‘political weapons’. Their purpose was to harass government officials, while the committees did not investigate for years. This decision will provide relief to government officials and prevent unnecessary cases.
During the session, the resolution presented by Ashok Goyal for the construction of cowsheds and caring for stray animals was unanimously passed on March 28. At the same time, discussion was called on 1 April about the power crisis in Delhi, but the entire opposition including the Leader of Opposition was absent. The Speaker called it ‘politics of running away from public issues’.
Speaker Vijendra Gupta said that the Delhi Assembly will be technically further advanced. The process of implementing NEVA (National E-Vidhan Application) has started. A ‘Media Desk’ with 25 computers will be created for the media, so that the news can be spread rapidly. The target has been set to operate the assembly premises completely with solar energy within 100 days.
Strict steps to make Delhi Assembly ‘Adarsh Vidhan Sabha’
The Speaker made it clear that strict steps will be taken to make the Delhi Assembly ‘Adarsh Vidhan Sabha’. The misuse of the House and the committees will not be tolerated. The level of discussions will improve, unnecessary uproar will be stopped. There will be creative and positive discussions on Delhi’s problems. With the conclusion of the session, now everyone’s eyes are on the investigation report of the Public Accounts Committee and the upcoming budget implementation.
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