1. Delayed start of winter session of Karnataka Legislative Assembly draws flak
The delayed start of the Legislative Assembly on the first day of the winter session at Belagavi’s Suvarna Vidhana Soudha on December 4, 2023 drew flak from a few members. Though the session was scheduled to begin by 11 a.m., the House assembled only after a delay of one hour by 12 noon.
Soon after Speaker U.T. Khader took his seat, BJP MLA S Suresh Kumar and Congress MLA Basavaraj Raya Reddi, both expressed their disappointment over the delay as it would send a wrong message to the people and reflect badly on the entire north Karnataka region.