CM SEEKS ALL PARTIES' COOPERATION AHEAD OF U.P. WINTER SESSION

AT THE ALL-PARTY MEETING, MAHANA SAID THE U.P. ASSEMBLY IS BEING SEEN AS A MODEL BY OTHER LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh legislature's four-day winter session commencing here on Monday is set to be stormy with leaders of major Opposition parties discussing strategies to raise issues of public concern.

Assembly speaker Satish Mahana called an all-party meeting on Sunday to seek cooperation of leaders of political parties. At the meeting, all of those from the treasury benches as well as the Opposition assured their full cooperation.

Nevertheless, the issues of violence in Sambhal and Bahraich, the law and order situation and the state government's move to present a second supplementary budget for 2024-2025 despite "low utilisation of funds" by some of the major departments are set to be in focus.

"We will raise burning issues in the house. These include violence in Sambhal and Bahraich and other law and order-related issues. We also wanted a longer winter session. But this government probably has no business to run the house longer," said leader of opposition and senior Samajwadi Party leader Mata Prasad Pandey after attending the all-party meeting.

Those aware of the development said Pandey made his point about raising Sambhal and Bahraich violence issues in the house at the all-party meeting in the presence of chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday as well.