Guwahati: Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya has summoned a one-day session of the Assam Legislative Assembly on June 9.
The session will begin at 9:30 am at the Assembly Chamber in Dispur.
The one-day special session of Assam Assembly has been called to pass a proposal for naming the Dibrugarh airport after musical maestro Bhupen Hazarika, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday.
A notification issued by the Assam Legislative Assembly Secretariat on May 15 confirmed the schedule, stating that the session has been called under Article 17-4(1) of the Constitution of India.
“In exercise of the powers conferred under Article 174(1) of the Constitution of India, as amended up-to-date, I, Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Governor of Assam, hereby summon a one-day Session of the Assam Legislative Assembly to meet at 9.30 A.M. on Monday, the 9th June, 2025 at the Assembly Chamber in Dispur,” the official order stated.
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The state Cabinet had earlier decided to name the Dibrugarh airport after Bhupen Hazarika as part of his birth centenary celebration.
“Hon’ble Governor, Shri @Laxmanacharya54 ji has called for a One Day special session of @AssamAssembly on June 9, 2025 to pass a proposal on renaming the Dibrugarh Airport after Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika,” CM Sarma said in a post on X.
