Shimla, Aug. 1 -- The Monsoon Session of the 14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly will commence on August 21 and continue till September 3, with a total of 10 sittings, Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania announced on Saturday.

Pathania said the Assembly Secretariat has issued the notification for the session after receiving the approval of Governor Kavinder Gupta.

He said the House will also meet on Saturday, August 22. However, there will be no sittings on August 28, 29 and 30. According to the Speaker, the House will not meet on August 28 on account of Raksha Bandhan, while August 29 has been kept without a sitting as it falls on a Saturday.

Pathania further said that August 27 has been earmarked for Private Members' Busin...