Punjab CLP to meet under Capt Amarinder on June 13 to discuss budget session strategy

Chandigarh, June 10, 2017: The Punjab Congress Legislative Party (CLP) will meet here on June 13, ahead of the maiden Budget session of the Captain Amarinder Singh government, to chalk out a strategy for ensuring smooth function and countering the Opposition effectively on any issues it is likely to raise in the House.

Punjab Chief Minister and CLP leader Captain Amarinder Singh has convened the meeting of the Congress MLAs on Tuesday evening at the Punjab Bhawan, a Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) spokesperson said, adding that all the CLP members have been individually invited for the meeting.

On the agenda for the specially convened meeting, expected to be attended by all MLAs of the ruling party, is discussion on the various matters listed for the Budget session, scheduled from June 14 to June 23. The CLP will deliberate upon the legislative business to be transacted in the Vidhan Sabha, and any other matter to be taken up in this session with the permission of the leader.

The budget session is scheduled to commence at 2 p.m. on June 14 with Obituary references and adjourn sine-die after the proposed legislative business on June 23. The discussion on the Governor's Address would be held on June 16 and June 19, as per the schedule approved by the cabinet.

The Chief Minister has already indicated that several important decisions, with financial implications, will be announced during the budget session to fulfill some key poll promises of his government. Captain Amarinder had recently said at an event that while a whopping 140 decisions had already been taken by his government, promises involving financial issues had perforce to be deferred till the budget session.

The Chief Minister has repeatedly reiterated his commitment to ensuring implementation of every single promise made by his party in the run-up to the assembly elections.