The monsoon session of the State Assembly beginning on Thursday is likely to be stormy as both the Opposition parties, the Congress and the BJP, and the ruling BJD have decided to take on each other on various issues.
The Congress has decided to corner the BJD on issues like rising PC culture, deterioration in law and order, mines scams and farmer suicides. Besides, it would raise demonetisation, GST, Mahanadi and paddy MSP issues against the BJP Government at the Centre.
leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra informed these to reporters after presiding the Congress legislature Party meeting. However, he said the party would raise these issues from the second day of the Assembly as an obituary would be conducted on the sad demise of sitting MlA Subal Sahoo on the first day.
Similarly, the BJP said it would raise issues like rising of women crimes, deterioration of law order, lack of drinking water supply, ‘the BJD’s links with illegal mines owners’, the Chief Minister’s poll expenditure issue to take on the Government, said party MlA Basant Panda.
On the other hand, the BJD would raise the issues of the Prime Minister not giving time to the Assembly panel for submission of a proposal for raising paddy MSP to Rs 2,930 per quintal of paddy, withdrawal of various Central schemes, cut of Central funds in many other schemes, withdral of subsidy from the lPG.
“All important issues concerning to the State will be discussed,” said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The monsoon session will continue till September 16. The eight-day session has six official and two private members day.
As many as nine Bills are likely to be presented, discussed and passed during the six officials days. The Bills are the Odisha Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2017, the Odisha land Rights to Slum Dwellers Bill, 2017, the Odisha State Higher Education Council Bill, 2017, the Odisha Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2017, the Odisha Agriculture Produce Markets (Amendment) Bill, 2017, the University of Odia language and literature Bill, 2017, the Odisha Sales Tax (Settlements of Arrears) Amendment Bill 2017, the Odisha Service of Engineers (Validation of Appointment) Amendment Bill, 2017and the Odisha Service of Engineers (Validation of Appointment) Bill, 2017.