Special session of Jharkhand assembly conducted in happy mood

Sporting smile on their faces, legislators, cutting across party lines, mingled and exchanged bonhomie with each other during the one-day special session hosted in the newly constructed Assembly building here on Friday.

The session was conducted a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the building on Thursday.

Governor Droupadi Murmu gave inaugural speech on the occasion.

No business was listed for the day. After governor's address, Speaker Dinesh Oraon invited members to share their delight on getting a new legislative building 19 years after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar.

Forgetting their political differences, members from treasury as well the opposition benches exchanged pleasantries and congratulated each other to hail the occasion.

Speaker hosted a lunch for all the dignitaries after the function ended at 2 pm.

Constructed at a cost of Rs 465 crore, the three-storied building has come up at Kute gram, a few km from the old Assembly premises, ...