The winter session of the Karnataka legislature starting from Monday promises to be stormy with the Opposition BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) chalking out a joint strategy to attack the ruling Congress on various issues, including drought relief.
For the first time after the pre-poll alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha elections was announced, the two Opposition parties will be working together inside the legislature even as the Congress is also set to counter the attack. This is also the first winter session in Belagavi after the Congress government was formed earlier in May.
On Friday, leaders of the BJP and the JD(S), including Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok, BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy, and former Minister G.T. Deve Gowda, met in Bengaluru to map their strategies in the Houses to corner the Congress. “The meeting also discussed who raises which issues. It was decided not to have confusion inside the Houses,” sources added.
