In a statement issued after the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting held in Gandhinagar on Wednesday, Gohil said it is distressing that the Modi Government has called the monsoon session only for three days, starting from Thursday.

Even in the previous years, the BJP government had convened the Assembly monsoon session for a meager two days in 2007 and 2006 each, and for three days in 2005.

This is in sharp contrast with the previous Congress regime having called the monsoon session for 24 days in 1994 and 10 days in 1993. Even in 1995, when BJP's Keshubhai Patel was the chief minister, the monsoon session was held for 29 days, Gohil said, adding that even the number of Assembly sittings in a year has been on the decline ever since Modi took over as the chief minister.

Quoting from a report prepared by the Presiding Officers' committee on “Procedural Uniformity and Better Management of the Time of the House” set up by the Lok Sabha Speaker in 2001, the Congress leader said this panel had recommended that a State Legislative Assembly having more than 100 members should have minimum100 days of business in a year. For a Legislative Assembly having less than 100 MLAs, the committee had recommended minimum 60 days of business in a year.

“Despite the recommendations of the committee of which Gujarat Assembly Speaker was also one of the members then, the Modi Government continues to call Assembly sessions for less number of days just to fulfill the obligation laid down by the Constitution that six months should not intervene between two successive sessions of the House,” said the Congress leader.