Delhi Assembly session begins today, new MLAs take oath

The first session of the eighth legislative assembly of Delhi began on Monday (February 24). Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely, who has been appointed as the Protem Speaker of the Delhi Assembly, administered the oath to the newly elected members.

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta takes oath as the Member of Legislative Assembly

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Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will move a motion for BJP MLA Vijender Gupta to be chosen as the Speaker of the House.

The three-day session will see the election of the House speaker and deputy speaker and the tabling of the 14 pending CAG reports on the performance of the previous AAP government.

The BJP has 48 MLAs in the 70-member Assembly. The AAP, which has 22 MLAs, named former chief minister Atishi as the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly.

The second day of the session on February 25 will be devoted to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s address to the House and the tabling of the 14 CAG reports. It will be followed by a discussion on the LG’s address.

The discussion on the motion of thanks will continue on the third day — February 27.