"Second session of Odisha Assembly to commence from Nov 26, all-party meet on Nov 25": Odisha Assembly Speaker

Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], November 24 (ANI): The second session of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly will commence on November 26 and before that an 'all-party meeting' will be conducted on November 25, said Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy.
She appealed all the legislative members to take part in the second session in order to strengthen and develop the state and the nation.
Speaking to ANI, Surama Padhy said on Saturday, "The second session of Vidhan Sabha will commence on November 26...Before that, all-party meeting is scheduled to be held at 10:30 am on November 25... I appeal to all the current legislative members to take part in the 2nd session of the Odisha Assembly to strengthen and develop Odisha and India..."
Earlier on November 1, Odisha's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Mukesh Mahaling, announced that the winter session of the 17th State Assembly will begin on November 26.
Speaking to ANI, Mahaling stated that the session will continue until December 31. During the first day of the session, the first supplementary expenditure statement for 2024-25 will be presented.
"The winter session of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly will commence on November 26 and run until December 31. The first supplementary expenditure statement for 2024-25 will be presented on the opening day, November 26," he said.
According to the provisional schedule, 20 days have been allocated for official business, while five days are reserved for private members' business.
The first session of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly was started on July 22 and the Odisha budget for 2024-25 was presented on July 25.
The 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly was formed after the election results were declared on June 4. The Biju Janata Dal suffered a defeat in the Odisha assembly polls at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party, putting an end to the 24-year-old reign of Naveen Patnaik.
In the 147-member Odisha assembly, the BJP has 78 MLAs, BJD 51, Congress 14, three independents and one CPI (M). (ANI)