Himachal assembly session: Oppn brings adjournment motion on disaster, CM Sukhu urges to discuss it in Assembly

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 18 (ANI): The monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly started in Shimla on Monday. 
The opposition has brought the adjournment motion under rule 67 for discussion on the disaster situation in the state.
Both the ruling party Congress and the Opposition BJP held Legislative party meetings today. A total of seven meetings will be held in the session till September 25.
A total of 743 questions were received by the Assembly secretariat in the session. Out of which 70 per cent of questions are related to disaster.
One notice under Rule 62, 2 notices under Rule 101, 9 notices under Rule 130, one notice under Rule 102 and 1 notice under Rule 324 have been received.
"Opposition during the natural disaster was constantly telling us to call Monsoon Session and we appealed to them that we have to help the disaster victims and their families...Now we have called the Session after some delay so BJP now has the chance they can put across their concern in the legislative assembly. Now when they will put across their concerns, we would like them to put facts and let us know about the funds received by the Central govt," Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said.
Sukhu also thanked the Congress working committee for passing a resolution to demand the Centre to announce the calamity triggered due to the floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh as a National Disaster.
"I am thankful to the CWC that they have passed a resolution to take up the matter with the Union government to announce the disaster in Himachal Pradesh as a National Disaster. We have already announced it as a state disaster and hope the Union Government would announce it as a National Disaster," Sukhu added
On being asked about the white paper to be brought by the state government on the financial mismanagement by the previous BJP government, CM Sukhu said, "Under the Chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, a committee was constituted and they have submitted a report to the government."
He said that the report would be examined and further action would be decided later.
Congress legislators are also demanding for the decongestion of the state capital, Shimla.
Congress legislator Kuldeep Singh Rathore said that the session of Assembly is important and they have taken up the issue with the Chief Minister and also to shift the district hospital to Theog from Shimla.
He said this would minimise the rush and also provide health facilities to the people in Theog. He said most of the legislators want to decongest Shimla city.
The opposition has brought the adjournment motion under rule 67 for discussion on the disaster situation in the state.
"We have demanded an adjournment motion under rule 67 in the assembly and we are hopeful that this would be heard as an important issue instead they come up with another resolution in the assembly," Leader of Opposition in Himachal Assembly Jai Ram Thakur said.
He further said, "We want to take up the serious issue of disaster where over 400 people have died in the state. We expect that we will be heard and time should be given to us to discuss the important issue. We shall also know what has been done by the government on the issue." (ANI)