Lok Sabha Om Birla inaugurated the new building of the Assam Legislative Assembly

The new building of the Assam Legislative Assembly is inaugurated On the date of the 30th July, Om Birla inaugurated the new building of the Assam Legislative Assembly in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The new building is equipped with the facilities of e-Vidhan, audio-visual and information technology, with office chambers for Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Chief Minister and other ministers, MLAs, conference hall, meeting halls etc.

New Building of the Assam Legislative Assembly

From now on the new assembly session is held in the new building, which  Numal Momin, Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly told ANI “The new building has new features. We are planning for e-Vidhan which will be shortly in the new building. It will be a very modern assembly in Assam for the first time. The next assembly session will be held in the new building, After our government came to power, we have intensified the works and on July 30 the new building will be inaugurated,”

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History of the Assam Legislative Assembly

The Assam Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam, was founded on 7th April 1937. It comprises 126 seats and operates under a term limit of 5 years. The current Speaker of the House is Biswajit Daimary from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Governor of Assam is Gulab Chand Kataria. One of its earliest initiatives was the establishment of Assam University, which played a crucial role in providing higher education opportunities to the people of Assam. Additionally, the assembly took the landmark step of setting up the Guwahati High Court, ensuring accessible and effective legal services to the citizens of the state. The other laws passed by that decentralisation for strengthening the Panchayati Raj System, Cow Protection Act, abolition of the Zamindari system, the establishment of institutions of higher education, banning of ragging in educational institutions and hostels etc.

When was the first Assam Legislative Council created?

The first Assam Legislative Council created in the year of 1935

Who is the head of the Assam Legislative Assembly?

Shri Biswajit Daimary is the head of the Assam Legislative Assembly