Belagavi : State Assembly amid rising border dispute with Maharashtra and about five months left for the Karnataka assembly elections The winter session of the IBPS will begin on Monday at ‘Suvarna Vidhana Soudha’ in Belagavi. This will be the last session of the current BJP government in the state in the northern district headquarters city bordering Maharashtra. This session is crucial for Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s administration, as only the joint session and the budget session will survive before the elections are announced. Elections are likely to be held in the state in April-May next year.

10 Assembly session will continue till December of the assembly The winter session, which continues till December, is expected to be stormy, as the ruling BJP and the opposition parties are accusing each other on several issues. Alleged corruption in various departments by opposition parties, scams related to theft of voter’s information, border dispute and how the government dealt with it, law and order situation with incidents of communal violence, cooker blast in Mangaluru and farmers’ demands There is a possibility of cornering the government on issues.

Opposition can surround the government on many issues

With the time of elections round the corner, the opposition party has accused the government of not fulfilling the promises made in the election manifesto of 5907 and many urban Areas, especially in Bengaluru, can also be surrounded on issues like infrastructure problems. Members of both the opposition and the ruling party can also raise the demand for reservation for various communities like Panchamasali and Vokkaling. At the same time, the ruling BJP is also planning to target the opposition parties, especially the Congress, over the Mangaluru cooker bomb blast and ‘anti-Hindu’ remarks by its leaders. Since this session is being held in North Karnataka, issues related to the region can be discussed separately.

Discussion possible on six Bills

Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri said that six bills should be discussed during the session Can Belagavi shares the border with Maharashtra and Maharashtra lays claim to Belagavi and some nearby places. In the last nine winter sessions have been held in Belagavi. Seven of these sessions have taken place in Suvarna Soudha and two outside it. The ‘Suvarna Vidhan Soudha’ is modeled after the state secretariat ‘Vidhan Soudha’ located in Bengaluru. The move is aimed at sending a message that Belagavi is an integral part of Karnataka.

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