Budget session of the OLA to start on Monday

The budget session of the Odisha Assembly beginning on Monday is most likely to be stormy one as the Opposition and the ruling BJD will lock horns on several issues. The budget session to be concluded on February 12 will have seven working days, of which there will be six government working days and one private working day. There will be two government holidays on February 9 and 10.

The Congress has decided to corner the government on several fronts including on issues such farmers’ problems, unemployment, lawyers’ strike, the alleged involvement of BJD leaders in chit fund scam and rising incidents in the rape of minor girls. The BJP has also planned to target the BJD government for taking up the poll campaign through the sponsored welfare schemes like the Ama Gaon Ama Bikash Yojana, Biju Yuva Vahini, KALIA scheme and Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana. The BJD will target the BJP-led Government at the Centre on issues like slash in Central assistance to Odisha, delay in the release of pending Central assistance, Mahanadi water row, Polavaram dam, minimum support price (MSP) of paddy and revision of coal royalty.