New Delhi assembly to convene on Feb 24

The first session of the new Delhi assembly will begin on February 24, with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports to be tabled on February 25, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and speaker nominee Vijender Gupta said on Friday.

- Alok KN Mishra

On the first day of the assembly session, all 70 newly elected MLAs will take the oath of office, and Gandhi Nagar MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely will serve as the pro-tem speaker to oversee the election of the speaker.

The first session will run for three days - February 24, 25, and 27 skipping February 26 due to Maha Shivratri.

Gupta told HT that the new government's top priority is to present 14 pending CAG reports from 2017-18 to 2021-22, which the AAP government had failed to table.

"The top agenda of the government is to table the 14 ČAG reports... In its first meeting the Delhi cabinet approved the presentation of the CAG reports.