Budget session: Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath appeals to opposition for support at all-party meet

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday held an all-party meeting ahead of the scheduled budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly set to begin on Monday.
Chairing the meeting, Adityanath appealed to all the party leaders to lend their support in running the House peacefully.
This will be the first session of Uttar Pradesh assembly after Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power with an emphatic win in the recently concluded state polls.
The session will also be different as it would be conducted under National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), entailing a paperless system – even though some of the legislators have been demanding hard copies of the documents.
Leaders of all parties were present in the meeting, which was held regarding the budget session of the assembly.
Let others ask questions in House: CM
The meeting was held in room number 15 of the Vidhan Bhawan in the presence of assembly speaker Satish Mahana, legislative council chairman Kunwar Manvendra Singh and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Kumar Khanna.
While the SP chief and leader of opposition was not present in the meeting, he sent party MLA from Manjhanpur in Kaushambi, Indrajit Saroj.Adityanath said debates in the assembly should be held in a positive environment and in a way that the general public is also benefited from the practical knowledge of the elected members. "If members ask their questions and let others also ask their questions, it will add to the sanctity of the Question Hour," the CM said. In the all-party meeting, Rashtriya Lok Dal was represented by Rajpal Baliyan, BSP by Umashankar Singh, Congress by Aradhana Mishra Mona, Jansatta Dal Loktantrik by Raghuraj Pratap Singh and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party by its chief Om Prakash Rajbhar.