Three-day Gujarat assembly session begins today

Gujarat Assembly’s three-day session will start today. On the first day, the House will be adjourned after paying condolence to two successive late MLAs of Chotila constituency.

The second day will witness three government bills, two of them – Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) bill and Disturb area act amendment bill will be reintroduced.

The assembly session will pass the constitutional amendment that extends reservation to Schedule Casts and Tribes for 10 more years. The assembly will also pass a resolution opposing reservation to religious converts.

An amendment that would make voting compulsory in local bodies elections in the state will be passed in the assembly. Another proposed amendment will also award 50 percent reservation to women in local bodies elections in the state.