Second part of Assembly’s Budget Session cancelled

The second part of the Delhi Assembly’s Budget Session, scheduled to begin on May 13, has been cancelled, leading to a delay in the passage of the much-anticipated Bill concerning fee hike in private schools.

The two-day session, which was to be held on May 13 and 14, was expected to take up the proposed legislation aimed at regulating and permitting fee hike in private schools. The Delhi Cabinet had approved the draft Bill on April 29, following which Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had stated that a special session of the Assembly would be convened to pass the Bill.

However, in a notice issued by the Legislative Assembly secretariat on Monday, it was officially announced that the sittings had been cancelled.

“This is for the information of all concerned that sittings of the second part of second session (Budget Session) of the eighth Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi scheduled to be held on May 13 and May 14 have been cancelled,” the notice read.

Yadav slams BJP, alleges attempt to hide failures

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Devender Yadav on Monday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Delhi Government, accusing it of cancelling the upcoming two-day Assembly Session to “hide its failures and escape accountability”. The session was cancelled via official notification on Monday.

Calling it an attempt to cover up the government’s “blank report card” since taking office nearly three months ago, Yadav alleged that Rekha Gupta’s administration had failed to deliver on its lofty promises related to pollution control, water management, and monsoon preparedness.

“The triple-engine BJP government is running away from public scrutiny. It has no plan to address rising air pollution, ongoing water crisis or looming threat of waterlogging during the monsoon,” said Yadav.

The Congress leader also pointed to the impact of recent rainfall in the Capital. “The downpour on May 2 exposed the poor state of Delhi’s drains and sewers, resulting in waterlogging and tragic collapse of a building that claimed four lives,” he said. He said while some desilting work was undertaken, sludge was not removed.