(Repeating DI 8, incorporating para 5)

New Delhi, Feb 22 (UNI) The Budget Session of Parliament begins tomorrow, with a heavy legislative agenda, amid speculation that the third budget of the UPA government will be growth-oriented.

The session will open with President APJ Abdul Kalam's address to the joint sitting of both Houses in the Central Hall of Parliament.

The spiralling prices and terrorist attacks in various parts of the country have given enough ammunition to the BJP and supporting Left Parties to corner the government.

The BJP has already announced that it would move an adjournment motion on the issues of failure of the government to curb inflation which is seeing an upward trend and a dismal performance on the national security front.

The Samajwadi Party (SP), which has withdrawn its outside support to the UPA regime, will also not spare any opportunity to embarrass the government.

The Left Parties, too, have stated that they would raise issues of price rise, internal security, agrarian crisis and farmer suicides, indicating a tumultuous budget session.

The outcome of the assembly polls in Punjab, Manipur and Uttarakhand will also have a bearing on the session.

Incidentally, the poll outcome on February 27 in the three states will come a day ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget.

While the Railway Budget will be presented on February 26, the Economic Survey will be out the following day.

The two key legislations -- the Unorganised Social Security Bill and the Women's Reservation Bill -- will also surface in the three-month-long session of Parliament.

The BJP has accused the government of pursuing a soft policy on terrorist activities, which has seen a surge in the recent past and the latest example in the series was that of bomb blasts in Samjhauta Express.

The BJP said on the one hand the Government failed to curb inflation and check price rise, while on the other there was an increase in subversive activities across the country.

The BJP feels that the spurt in terrorist activities was due to the soft anti-terrorist policy of the UPA government.

The rising interest rate scenario has also upset the applecart of the Economic policy and will become a subject of attack of Opposition parties.

Incidentally, the BJP will formalise its joint strategy with its allies tomorrow at a meeting to nail the government on various issues.

On the international relations front, the upcoming SAARC summit, the ongoing peace process with Pakistan and Indo-US nuclear deal would find a place in the budget session.

Traditionally, the Budget Session is packed with legislative business. The session beginning Friday will be no exception and many of the bills will be relating to economic and financial business.

UNI