Amid criticism over inviting religious personalities to speak to legislators, the three-day training programme for 70 first-time legislators will commence on the city’s outskirts from Monday.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be inaugurating the session in the presence of Speaker U.T. Khader and Chairman of the Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti.
Besides programmes to inculcate physical exercises for good health, 70 first-time legislators will be trained in parliamentary practices such as the details of legislature session, question hour, zero hour and calling attention notice by Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil, and parliamentary skills development in Rule 69, confidence and no-confidence motion by Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda. Former Chairman of Legislative Council B.L. Shankar will speak on Governor’s speech, budget speech and processes.
