Assembly Speaker Vijendra Gupta addressing the press conference in the Assembly. Awakening
State Bureau, New Delhi. Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijendra Gupta, while addressing the press conference held in the Delhi Assembly complex on Monday, said that proceedings of about 12 hours 39 minutes were completed in a total of five meetings of the fourth (winter) session of the eighth Delhi Assembly. During this period, the House completed a wide range of work including starred and unstarred questions, special mentions, legislative proceedings and financial matters.
He informed that the adoption of digital system during the session has resulted in significant reduction in paper consumption, which resulted in saving of more than 3.38 lakh pages in this session, thereby saving about 40.56 trees and reducing about 4.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The Speaker said that instead of the two paragraphs prevalent in the song 'Vande Mataram', the full version of the song will be played in the House from the next session.
Instructions have been given to the departments to reply within 30 days on 33 special mentions raised by the members during the session. During the session, the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, 150th anniversary of the national song 'Vande Mataram' and measures related to environmental protection and pollution control in Delhi were discussed in the House and members of all parties participated meaningfully. During the session, Court Fees Delhi Amendment Bill, 2026, Delhi Appropriation (No. 1) Bill, 2026, Delhi Public Trust Amendment Provisions Bill, 2026, Delhi Shops and Establishment Amendment Bill were passed.
Clarifying on the recent controversies, the Speaker said that the case of opposition members making false and misleading statements about their suspension for wearing masks, the case of alleged comments regarding Sikh Gurus and the case of indecent remarks made by an AAP MLA about the Assembly Speaker outside the House have also been referred to the Privileges Committee for investigation.
Let us tell you here that 48 hours have passed since the reply sought by the Delhi Assembly on the FIR against Delhi Government Minister Kapil Mishra in Jalandhar at 1 pm on Monday. When asked, the Speaker said that no response has been received from Punjab yet. If Punjab Police does not respond, they will soon decide on further action in this regard.