The Monsoon Session of the Odisha Assembly, scheduled to begin on Saturday, is set to be stormy with opposition parties planning to corner the State Government over a range of issues.
However, the new team of Naveen Patnaik led-BJD Government has also prepared itself to face the Opposition.
Besides the newly-constituted Council of Ministers, newly-elected speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha will face the House during the session. It would be a challenge for Arukha to run the House smoothly.
The BJP and the Congress and the ruling BJD will hold their Legislature Party meetings on Saturday to prepare their strategies to counter each other.
The Opposition will raise several issues including the deteriorating law and order situation, distress sale of paddy, death of elephants, Mahanadi issue, unemployment, said Opposition Deputy Leader Bishnu Charan Sethi.
Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingha Mishra said the CLP at its meeting on Saturday would decide which issues to be raised in the House.
Government Chief Whip Prasanta Muduli said the Government is ready for discussions on any issue to be raised by the Opposition.
The session will be held in two parts with the first one from July 2 to July 6 and the second from July 16 to August 4.
Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will present the full-fledged budget for financial year 2022-23 on the first day of the session.
Earlier, the Government had presented an interim budget (vote-on-account) for 2022-23 in March this year.
The duration of the business hour of the Assembly during this session has been increased by an hour each day. The House will now function for six hours daily. The post-lunch session will be held from 4 pm to 7 pm.