Winter Session of Uttar Pradesh legislature begins on November 28

UP Legislature to start Nov 28; no mobiles, banners allowed in House. New rules prohibit members from bringing mobiles, banners & posters into Houses. Session to conclude Dec 1; expected to be stormy with CM & Opp. Leader taking potshots at each other’s govts.

The Winter Session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature will commence on November 28 with the both House set to be convened for four days. A new set of rules will come into effect prohibiting members from carrying mobile phones, banners and posters into both Houses, while the State government will present the demand for supplementary grants for the financial year 2023-24.

The short session will conclude on December 1. “As part of these changes, leaders will no longer be allowed to bring mobile phones into the House. Additionally, carrying flags and banners into the House during the session will also be prohibited,” reads an official statement.

The upcoming Assembly session is expected to be stormy like the last session which saw massive protests by Samajwadi Party (SP), the main Opposition party, which tried to corner the government on various issues concerning the State.

In the last session, U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Leader of Opposition in Assembly and former CM Akhilesh Yadav also took potshots at each other’s governments over law-and-order issues.