President Patil may address State Assembly
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 22 2011:
The Governor has summoned the budget session of the State Assembly from March 8 next, according to a notification of the Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat issued Tuesday.
The Governor summoned the Assembly to meet at 11 am of the day, an official source said recalling that earlier, the session was scheduled to start from March 2 but it was postponed as the SPF government was set to celebrate its 9th year of rule in the state on the same day.
The number of seatings for the budget session will be decided by a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the Assembly scheduled later this week, another source said.
President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil is likely to deliver a speech in the House of the state Assembly.
She is scheduled to arrive in Imphal on March 11 on her two day visit in the state, according to a communiqu� received from the Rastrapati Bhavan to the Imphal Raj Bhavan.
This will be the first time that the President of India will have addressed the Assembly.