In another stand-off between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) in this Budget session, the Legislative Council on Thursday referred the Karnataka Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to the select committee.
This is the second Bill after Karnataka Souharda Cooperative (Amendment) Bill, 2024, that is being referred to the select committee during this session. The combined Opposition that commands majority in the Upper House had on Friday defeated the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997, that sought to provide social security to about 40,000 archakas working in over 34,000 ‘C’ category Muzrai temples in the State.
On Wednesday, while the Bill was introduced in the House by Cooperation Minister K.N. Rajanna, the BJP members, who were in the Well seeking answers from the government on the slogan shouting incident at the Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday night, came back to their seats, seeking discussion on the Bill. Mr. Rajanna, who sensed the mood, offered to send it to the select committee without any discussion.
