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The opposition wore black armbands and held up placards, demanding that the government hold a full-fledged assembly session to discuss the state’s burning issues. CM Pramod Sawant called this ‘unpresidential’
PANAJI: The winter session of the state legislative assembly began on a stormy note on Monday, with the opposition strongly demanding that the coal-handling issue be discussed before taking up any business. It also sought to know why governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s speech did not have a single mention of the coal imbroglio.
Terming the MLAs’ behaviour “unpresidential”, chief minister Pramod Sawant said the governor had the right to read his speech in entirety and that such a speech would not dwell on details. “When we have senior members who know the rules, whatever happened is not acceptable,” he said and urged speaker Rajesh Patnekar to take a decision in the matter.
Goa nearing complete normalcy after coronavirus outbreak, says Governor B S Koshyari
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Last Updated: Jan 25, 2021, 04:34 PM IST
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The session began with Governor Koshyari s address to the House, following which members of the opposition parties protested against the state government s decision to hold a curtailed session.
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PANAJI: A five-day session of the Goa Assembly began here on Monday during which Governor B S Koshyari said the state is nearing complete normalcy after the COVID-19 outbreak, and that the pandemic is an eye-opener which has taught people to be self-reliant.
On the first day of the session, members of the House paid tributes to some prominent personalities who died recently and those who succumbed to COVID-19 in the state.