Budget session of Meghalaya Assembly begins today

Shillong, Mar 24 : The newly formed Meghalaya Assembly's irst Budget Session will begin from today.

The session will commence with Governor S S Sidhu's address, hich will be followed by presentation of the supplementary emands and appropriate accounts.

The session will continue till March 27 when the Vote on Account ill be passed by the Assembly.

The House is scheduled to meet again from April 15 to May 8 to ake up other business including questions and replies by the embers

Meghalaya United Democratic Party (MUDP) President Donkupar Roy as sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya on March 19, ours after the Congress-led D D Lapang Ministry resigned ahead f a trust vote in the State Assembly.

Roy had inducted five more ministers into the cabinet-giving erth to all coalition partners of newly formed Meghalaya rogressive Alliance (MPA).

The five ministers are Hopingstone Lyngdoh (Meghalaya People's emocratic Party), E C Bamon and Timothy D Shira (both of ationalist Congress Party) J A Lyngdoh (United Democratic arty), and Nimerson Momin (UDP).

ANI