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When the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the largest successful the country, meets for the Budget league connected February 9, it is acceptable to person a Karnataka connection.
The ornate and canopied Speaker’s seat with peculiar carving for the U.P. assembly, embedded with U.P.’s State emblem, has been hand-carved successful Karnataka.
The seat was dispatched to Lucknow from Bengaluru connected Friday. The seven-foot-tall seat has been carved retired of rosewood by 10 artisans nether the supervision of Karnataka State Forest Industries Corporation here. The outgo of the seat is ₹ 29.79 lakh, including GST.
It is learnt that the U.P. Legislative Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana, who was successful Bengaluru to be the All-India Speakers’ Conference, organised by Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, successful September, 2025, was impressed with the Speaker’s Chair successful the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
He spoke to Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader to root a akin seat for the U.P. Assembly, aft which it was tasked to the corporation. A squad from the corporation, including DCF Sridhar, besides visited the U.P. Vidhan Sabha successful Lucknow to clasp discussions and unafraid dimensions.
A Forest Department root said they did not privation the crown connected the Speaker’s seat that is contiguous successful Karnatala Legislative Assembly. The artisans took astir 2 months to decorativeness the chair, and the U.P. Vidhan Sabha is expecting the seat to scope Lucknow by February 5, up of the Budget, according to sources.
