Kerala Assembly to sit for more days

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 26. The Speaker, Mr. Vakkom B. Purushothaman, said here on Thursday that the Assembly would have more number of sittings in the coming years.

The Speaker told presspersons that the Chief Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony, had agreed to have more sittings when he took up the matter with the Chief Minister. As the time available to members to speak was being restricted, there was need for the House to sit on more number of days than in the past.

Mr. Purushothaman said that the restrictions imposed on entry of presspersons and members of the public to the Assembly complex were well-intentioned though there were some mistakes in the implementation. He said the issue of passes to journalists for covering the Assembly would have to be restricted as their number had increased considerably.

Though the security arrangements were being overseen by the same persons who were in charge of them during the previous sessions also, it appeared that some pro-LDF elements among the watch and ward had acted with the intention of creating problems.

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