Legislature session expected to be stormy

It’s being held in Belagavi after 3 years; Opposition gears up to raise serious issues

The Winter session of the State legislature, being held after three years in the border city of Belagavi from Monday, is expected to generate heat as allegations of a bitcoin scam, complaint made to the Prime Minister’s Office by the contractors’ association that people’s representatives and bureaucracy demand 40% commission to award contracts and clear bills and the delay in payment of compensation to flood victims have given adequate ammunition to the Opposition.

There is also anger building up among farmers’ organisations over several issues. The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha has declared that it will lay siege to Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, the venue of the session, demanding statutory status to the minimum support price for farm produce.

But what can be more stormy is the reported efforts by the Government to set the stage for tabling anti-conversion Bill. Though there are indications of the Government not tabling the Bill immediately, it appears that it will test the waters when a private member’s Bill in this regard would be tabled in the Upper House.