UP Assembly to meet amid COVID-19 pandemic, MLAs to sit 1 seat apart
August 09, 2020 13:21
UP Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit on Sunday said a three-day session of the state legislative assembly will begin on August 20, with MLAs being seated leaving a seat between them vacant and occupying the visitors' gallery to maintain social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As per norms, the House must be convened once in six months.
A few days ago at an all-party meeting, the speaker had sought the support of all political parties to ensure compliance of COVID-19 protocol during the upcoming session.
"We have to ensure that during the session, scheduled to be held soon because of Constitutional obligations, COVID-19 protocol was strictly followed," he had said.
Elaborating about the seating plan of the assembly, Dikshit on Sunday said the members will be seated leaving a seat between them vacant.
Some of them will be seated in the lobby and the visitors' gallery, he said.
"The MLAs will be thermally scanned before they enter the House. I am sure that members will come here wearing a mask. If they do not come wearing a mask, we will give them one," he said.
Dikshit said the air conditioner of the legislature building will work as per the standards set by the central government.
-- PTI
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