BMIC issue expected to overshadow K'taka Legislature session

Bangalore, June 18: The monsoon session of the Karnataka Legislature, beginning here tomorrow, is expected to be stormy with the Opposition parties gearing up to corner the Government on the controversial Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure project.

The session, being held in the shadow of the BMIC controversy, was expected to witness the Opposition benches exploiting to the fullest extent the embarrassment faced by the JD(S)-BJP coalition government following the bouncing of a cheque for Rs five lakh issued by the government to the project promoters, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Project.

The Opposition parties, led by the Congress, would also take the government to task for the prevailing confusion in the transfer of government employees violating the time factor.

Besides, delay in implementing projects announced in the budget and farmers' problems with the monsoon setting in were likely to dominate the House.

The session, which would end on July 14, would also pass a vote on account.

The election to choose a new Legislative Council Chairman would also be held, with the retirement of the present Chairman V R Sudarshan. Mr Sudarshan had already expressed his desire not to contest the poll again, but to enter active politics.

UNI