Punjab assembly session to begin from March 24

The first session of the 15th Punjab assembly will commence in Chandigarh on Friday.
Newly elected members will be administered oath on March 24 and March 27 by pro-tem speaker Rana KP Singh of the Congress.
The election of the speaker and the deputy speaker will be held on March 27.
Punjab governor V P Singh Badnore will address the assembly on March 28, followed by a debate on the governor’s address and motion of thanks.
Supplementary grants for 2016-17 and the vote on account for 2017-18 will be presented on March 29.
The Congress has won 77 seats in the 117-member assembly, wresting power from the SAD-BJP alliance after a decade.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has won 20 seats, leaving the SAD-BJP alliance to a poor third with 18 seats.
Of the 20 AAP members, 19 are first-time MLAs.
AAP chief whip Sukhpal Singh Khaira was a Congress MLA in 2002.
The AAP Legislature Party leader is H S Phoolka who will also be the leader of opposition.