Ajay Maken, AICC general secretary in-charge of Rajasthan, will be present during this session whose focus will be on the state Budget and the priorities of the government. The party’s MLAs would discuss various welfare schemes and their effective implementations with a view to retaining power when the state goes for Vidhan Sabha election in 2023.The session will be addressed by state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasara and also former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot.The Chief Minister would also go by the suggestions of the party’s MLAs on long-pending political appointments.Meanwhile, during the virtual foundation laying ceremony of the Haridev Joshi University of Journalism on Thursday, Chief Minister Gehlot stressed that the media, the fourth pillar of democracy, was not being allowed to work independently by the NDA government.“Dissent and healthy criticism have an important place in democracy and healthy criticism by the media is always in the best interest of the people and allows the government to introspect and improve its governance,” he said.The state government has allotted 1.24 lakh meters of land for setting up of the journalism university which is named after late Chief Minister Haridev Joshi, who started his career as a journalist.
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