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Assam Assembly to sit from Aug 31 amid Covid pandemic

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GUWAHATI:  The autumn session of Assam Legislative Assembly will be held from August 31 till September 3 next with 50 per cent presence of MLAs at a given time in view of the need to maintain social distancing.

Uncertainty cropped up regarding holding the session after 18 persons, including 12 employees, in the state assembly complex had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.

However, the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the state assembly has decided to hold the autumn session for four days till September 3, according to an official source.

The BAC also decided that at any given time, there would only be 50 per cent MLAs inside the House.

Accordingly, the legislative leaders of all the political parties to allot attendance slots to their MLAs to attend the session in rotation.

The media passes will also be issued in a limited number of passes this time to report on the assembly proceedings.

It may be mentioned that from August 4, the assembly administration conducted testing for COVID-19 of its all employees and  out of around 350 employees, 18 tested positive.

 

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