IMPHAL: The Manipur government has decided to convene the 6th session of the 12th Manipur legislative assembly on July 31.
This announcement was made in a notification issued by K Meghajit Singh, secretary of the Manipur legislative assembly.
In accordance with Clause (1) of Article 174 of the Constitution of India, the Manipur governor has called the session to meet at 11:00 am in the assembly hall, Imphal.
The Manipur Cabinet on Friday decided to convene the session of the assembly.
Information and Public Relations Minister Sapam Ranjan said the last sitting of the Assembly session, which the state Governor Anusuiya Uikey summoned on February 28, lasted till March 5 and was recently prorogued by an order of the Governor passed on June 26 last.
The number of sittings for the monsoon session will be decided by the Business Advisory Committee of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, the minister said.
The upcoming state assembly session follows a boycott by ten Kuki-Zo legislators during the last assembly session. These legislators have been demanding the creation of a separate administration carved out from the state of Manipur.
Several pressing issues, including those raised by the boycotting legislators, and other critical legislative business are expected to be raised during the monsoon session.
Manipur had two sessions since violence broke out on May 3 last year.
The violence, which erupted between the Meitei and Kuki-Zomi communities in May last year following a “Tribal Solidarity March” in the hill districts protesting the Meitei community’s call for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, has resulted in at least 220 fatalities, 1500 injuries and displacement of around 60,000 people.
