Dehradun, Feb. 19 -- Assembly Session begins with Governor's Address

Dehradun, 18 Feb: The Budget Session of the Uttarakhand Assembly, which is also the first session of the current year, began with the address by Governor Lt General Gurmit Singh (Retd) to the House amid uproar by the Opposition members. The Congress members were particularly peeved with the short session of the assembly and termed it against the rules. In the afternoon, Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan also read out the text of the speech to make it part of the proceedings in the House.

The Governor's address listed the "achievements" of the government as well as mentioned some of the future plans. He mentioned the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), making Ut...