Speaker to discuss smooth functioning of House with leaders

With loss of business hours because of frequent disruptions in two Houses of Bihar Legislature, Speaker Udai Narayan Chaudhary today said he would discuss the issue with leaders of all parties tomorrow.
"I will put the issue in the Business Advisory Committee meeting of the Assembly tomorrow and appeal to leaders of all the parties to ensure smooth disposal of prescheduled business of the House," Chaudhary said.
The two Houses will meet for the week-long Budget session from Friday.
Chaudhary appealed to the media to ignore those creating trouble during the proceedings.
He said that like other sessions, he has given permission for live coverage of the House proceedings so that citizens could see what their representatives were doing.

School children of private and government schools in Patna would be allowed to watch the House proceedings to "learn about democracy in action."
He said that UNICEF would organise a Children's Parliament on February 15 where nearly 500 school children would hold a special session of the House and deliberate on various issues.