“Popular opinion is that the old building is better for the time being as the new building is not completely furnished and there will be logistic issues,” Alam said. A source said that another minister of the Hemant Soren government, Satyanand Bhokta, felt that the government should use the old Assembly building to conduct the budget session in March. In case the new building is the venue, we will have to shift our offices and entire documents,” said a senior Assembly official. The new Assembly building also caught fire as recently as on December 4, but the damage was not major. A senior Assembly employee clarified the status of the new building, “A special session of the Assembly has been held here but the building hasn’t been handed over to the government.

Source: The Telegraph December 30, 2019 21:45 UTC