Contentious session ends, House adjourned
The Goa legislative assembly was adjourned sine die by speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Friday, bringing to a close a hectic 15-day monsoon session. The session, which saw frequent clashes between the opposition and the treasury benches, resulted in the passage of several laws.
During the session, 4,226 questions were taken up, with 896 being starred questions and 3,330 being un-starred questions. Some questions were deferred to the next session.
The House also witnessed debates on 30 calling attention motions moved by legislators, said Tawadkar.
The most contentious bill to be passed was the Goa Legislative Diploma No. 2070 dated April 15, 1961, (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which paves the way for govt to regularise unauthorised houses constructed before Feb 28, 2014, on comunidade land.
The passage of the bill saw the angriest protests in the well of the House and prompted Tawadkar to adjourn the House twice during the discussions that went into the dead of the night.
Despite the acrimony witnessed over the two days, opposition leader Yuri Alemao and chief minister Pramod Sawant acknowledged the contributions of each side towards Goa's development.
'Let us take Goa in a direction that it needs to be taken,' said Alemao.
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