PATNA, Nov. 30 -- The 5-day session of the state legislature will start from Monday with the newly elected MLAs taking oath on the first day of the first session, amid heavy security arrangements around and in the assembly building in the state capital.

During the five day first session of the 18th assembly from December 1 to December 5th, the election of speaker of the assembly will take place on Tuesday, followed by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan's joint address to both the state assembly and state legislative council on Wednesday at the central hall of the annexe building of the assembly.

The newly-elected MLAs would be administered oath by pro-tem speaker Narendra Narain Yadav.

The new session of the state assembly has been convened a...