Monsoon session of the state legislature commencing from Friday is expected to be stormy with opposition prepared to take on Samajwadi party government over issues like law and order, corruption, non payment of cane dues and power crisis.
The main agenda of the government during this brief monsoon session would be to seek supplementary budgetary grants to the tune of around Rs 22,000 crore.
“The Government should expect some uncomfortable questions from the opposition. The BSP will highlight government failure in controlling crime and speeding up development process in the state,” leader of Opposition in the State assembly Swamy Prasad Maurya told reporters here on Thursday.
He said the Government is not keen in long legislative session. It has called this session to get supplementary grants passed. “BSP will raise the issue of amendment carried out in UP Zamindari Act allowing a dalit to sell off his land to non dalits. This decision is anti-dalit,” he said.
BJP legislature party leader Suresh Khanna said that BJP will expose the government in this brief session. This government is anti-people and anti-poor and we will expose this government through and through, he said.
“BJP will also rake up the irregularities in the government job scam and appointment of UPPSC chairman Anil Yadav,” he said.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Azam Khan said that Government is ready to answer all the opposition questions. First, the opposition should make up its mind whether it wants a healthy discussion or wants to create din in the House, he said.
Sources said that there would not be any business on the first day as both the Houses of the state legislature would be adjourned after paying condolence to former President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.
The first supplementary budget for the current financial year would be tabled in the assembly by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who also has the charge of finance department, on August 17 while, it would be passed on August 18. The session which is likely to end on August 21 will also witness passage of more than 8 bills.
Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey held an all party meeting and sought help from the political parties for smooth conduct of the House.
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