Demand for shifting Karnataka Assembly winter session to Bengaluru grows


Bengaluru, Dec 2 (IANS): In the wake of growing threat from the new Covid variant Omicron, demand for conducting the winter session of Assembly from December 13 in Bengaluru is growing.

Politicians and secretariat employees have urged the government to reconsider the plan of holding the session in north Karnataka's Belagavi. The session is scheduled to be held between December 13 and 24.

P. Guruswamy, president of Secretariat Employees Association and former minister and senior Congress leader R.V. Deshapande and others have demanded the shifting of venue to Bengaluru.

Speakers of Legislative Assembly and Council Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri and Basavaraj Horatti are expected to conduct an inspection and make another announcement on preparations.

In a letter to Speaker Kageri, Guruswamy has written that thousands of employees, politicians and public will gather if the session is held in Belagavi. This will endanger safety in the backdrop of arrival of new variants, he said.

Senior Congress leader R.V. Deshapande stated that as many as 300 plus cases have been detected in nearby town Dharwad recently. There are cases reported in Belagavi as well. The government should reconsider its decision.

However, Minister for Revenue R. Ashok reiterated that the winter session would be held in Belagavi. The people will get the wrong message and further they will be more scared about the situation, if the session is not held in Belagavi for the third consecutive year, he said.

 

  

Top Stories

Comment on this article

  • Abdul Khadeer, Bengaluru

    Thu, Dec 02 2021

    Danger of civid19 (Omicron) attracting is at large. All our respected members of legislative assembly and council are at risk apart from all secretariat official Better to conduct the session at Bangalore.

    DisAgree Agree Reply Report Abuse


Leave a Comment

Title: Demand for shifting Karnataka Assembly winter session to Bengaluru grows



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.