Bihar: House panels asked to meet from Wednesday

PATNA

: State assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha on Monday asked the chairpersons of various

House

committees to start their legislature-related

meetings

from Wednesday after the relaxations made in the lockdown. Sinha also directed the assembly secretariat officials to prepare their meeting schedule, ensuring that only seven to eight committees could hold their meetings on any single day to avoid crowding at one place.


Sinha issued the directives after having consultations with the chairpersons of the House committees at a virtual meeting held on Monday. Among those who participated in it were former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi, legislators Hari Narayan Singh, Nand Kishore Yadav, Prem Kumar, Narendra Narayan Yadav, Ram Prawesh Rai, Vinod Narayan Jha, Ajit Sharma, Krishna Kumar Rishi, Sudama Prasad, Chandrahas Chaupal, Shamim Ahmad, Shashi Bhushan Hazari and Afaque Alam.