bhopal taking a cue from lok sabha tv the madhya pradesh vidhan sabha will soon have its own television channel that will telecast proceedings of the house live at present apart from lok sabha and rajya sabha four states maharashtra bihar uttar pradesh and jharkhand are regularly telecasting live proceedings of their housesthere is a proposal to telecast proceedings of state assembly live by the vidhan sabha secretariat we have been mulling a detailed procedure for this which would be executed after the approval of speaker sitasharan sharma said principal secretary of vidhan sabha a p singhhe said the secretariat is following guidelines on the possibility of a dedicated channel for vidhan sabha discussions were underway seeking help from some of the states where live telecast of assembly proceedings is being done on regular basis the government is collecting details and inputs on the expenses and programmes to be included during the telecast added singhwe have written letters to bihar up and maharashtra seeking details about expenses procedure and rules for live telecast of the house proceedings as per the plan the telecast could begin from the budget session of the state assembly in 2018 with the governors address and budget speech by the finance minister there are a few suggestions to begin the telecast with question hour and we are considering the same singh saidofficials in the assembly secretariat said neighbouring chhattisgarh has recently started live telecast of its house proceedings where edited discussions during the question hour were aired while some states have roped in private channels for the telecast others have taken help from local channels of governmentrun doordarshan sources in the assembly secretariat said that the entire project is expected to cost over rs 100 crore where the state is in consultation with some private agencies for technical support on the projectthe idea is to percolate the democratic processes down to the masses people should know what their elected representatives are doing in the legislature also live telecast of assembly proceedings alone will put an end to the acrimonious scenes taking place inside the house said the officialsin may 2014 opposition congress had demanded setting up of a dedicated tv channel to telecast live proceedings of the state assembly raising the issue the then leader of opposition satyadev katare had demanded that a dedicated channel for vidhan sabha could be set up on the lines of lok sabha and rajya sabha tvthe people of the country have the facility to watch live proceedings of lok sabha and rajya sabha on the same lines vidhan sabha should also have its own dedicated channel so that citizens of the state get an opportunity to watch assemblys proceedings live katare had saidunfortunately a plan to telecast live proceedings of the house could never become possible during katares tenure who died in october 2016 after a prolonged illness before his demise he had expressed hope that assembly speaker sitasharan sharma is a man of progressive thoughts and therefore