Delhi: Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Thursday set up the Business Advisory Committee and the Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions of the newly constituted eighth Delhi Assembly, paving the way for reintroduction of legislative practices discontinued under the previous AAP government. Both the committees, chaired by Gupta, will have dominance of the ruling BJP.
The nine-member Business Advisory Committee headed by the Speaker will include Deputy Speaker Mohan Singh Bisht as a member. The members of the committee will include: Aahir Deepak Chaudhary, Jitender Mahajan, Om Prakash Sharma, Raj Kumar Chauhan, Som Dutt, Surendra Kumar and Surya Prakash Khatri. The Business Advisory Committee, chaired by the Speaker, is responsible for determining the legislative agenda and streamlining discussions in the House. A business advisory committee advises on business matters and recommends how to allocate time for discussions. They may also suggest how to prioritise business and recommend changes to rules.
Both committees will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth functioning of legislative business and deliberations, encouraging legislators to come up with suggestions and introduce resolutions and bills for serving the people better, said an official.
The Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions, which reviews and facilitates discussions on bills and resolutions introduced by private members, will be headed by the Speaker
Its members will include: Abhay Verma, Amanatullah Khan, Anil Kumar Sharma, Arvinder Singh Lovely, Poonam Sharma, Prem Chauhan, Sanjay Goyal and Shyam Sharma.
The formation of these committees reaffirms the Assembly’s commitment to upholding democratic principles and ensuring the effective conduct of legislative proceedings, said the office of the Speaker.
“The LG’s address is a solemn occasion, and he was discharging his constitutional duties. The Rules of Procedure forbid such disturbances during the LG Address,” he said.
