The four-day winter session of the state Assembly, which concluded on January 12, witnessed a congenial atmosphere.The sessions in the last five years of the Congress rule were marred by heated exchanges. The House had to be suspended midway on several occasions due to pandemonium. However, this time both the government and the Opposition resolved to work together. The Chief Minister answered each and every query of the Opposition. Even the government listened to the criticism of the Governor’s address by Congress MLA Asha Kumari without any disruption.
The new BJP government tried to project its vision for the state, while the Opposition sounded a conciliatory note. There were 22 first-time MLAs in the House and many names that dominated the political scenario of the state for the past two decades were missing.Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur extended an olive branch to the Opposition that political vendetta would not be the new government’s agenda and rather he would welcome suggestions from the Opposition for the development of the state. The expectations of people from the new Chief Minister were high. Large number of people and delegations met him at the Circuit House and the Vidhan Sabha.
