Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 28 (HBTV): Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Vasundhara Raje paid a courtesy call on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow.

Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Vidhan Sabha’s renovated dome ahead of the Monsoon Session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. He also inaugurated the renovated Assembly Mandap, Assembly Hall No. 15 and the VIP lounge. Following the inauguration, the CM participated in an all-party meeting to discuss the upcoming Monsoon Session.

Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana convened the all-party meeting, which was attended by leaders from both the ruling side and the opposition. Key issues were discussed during the session.

Present at the meeting were Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana, Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna, Leader of Opposition Mata Prasad Pandey, Minister Sanjay Nishad, Om Prakash Rajbhar, Congress MLA Aradhana Mishra, BSP MLA Umashankar Singh and MLA Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh, among others.

The Monsoon Session of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is scheduled to begin on August 11, as per an order issued by the Assembly Secretariat on July 26. The order stated, ‘Sri Rajyapal, Uttar Pradesh, has summoned the Uttar Pradesh Eighteenth Vidhan Sabha to meet at 11.00 a.m. on Monday, the 11th of August, 2025, in the Vidhan Sabha Mandap, Vidhan Bhawan, Lucknow for its Second Session of the year 2025.’

The Assembly will now also come under surveillance of state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras. The system will start as a pilot project in this monsoon session and will be fully implemented from the upcoming winter session. The technology will monitor security, attendance, activities and performance of MLAs.

AI-based cameras with facial recognition will be installed in the Assembly, capable of identifying MLAs through detailed profiles that include name, party, constituency, gender, date of birth, photo and other personal details. The system will record attendance, duration of stay, topics of speeches and participation. It will also conduct topic-based content analysis to make Assembly functioning more transparent.

(ANI)