BENGALURU: The ruling BJP and the two opposition parties went into separate huddles on Sunday to draw up strategy for the joint legislature session beginning Monday. The session, a short one, is expected to be a stormy affair.
The joint session will be held over four days. It will be followed by a 10-day break before the lengthy budget session commences on March 2. The joint session will begin with governor Vajubhai Vala’s address.
Both opposition parties, Congress and JD(S), are likely to corner the government on several issues including the
sedition charge levelled against a parent of a student and a teacher of Shaheen School in Bidar , besides the widespread uproar against the Centre’s move to promulgate the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, shortfall in central funds due to the state and the government’s perceived indifference to flood victims.
The BJP legislative party meeting was chaired by chief minister BS Yediyurappa at a private hotel. At the meeting, party functionaries discussed a defensive strategy against the controversy surrounding the decision to hand Vijayanagara MLA Anand Singh the forest portfolio and other issues on which the opposition is likely to target the government.
The Congress legislative party was chaired by CLP leader Siddaramaiah and members resolved to meet again at 10am on Monday.
Meanwhile, in Ramanagara, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said his party, the JD(S), will also raise the issue of “revenge politics” practised by the Yediyurappa government, especially the decision to withdraw funds allocated to Ramanagara district during his period. “I will raise the issue at the upcoming session,” Kumaraswamy said.
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