Ten Day Karnataka Budget Session to Start from Today 

Bengaluru: Ten day long budget session of Karnataka legislative assembly will start from today (March 15) with the scheduled budget speech on the budget for the year 2017-18 by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who is also responsible for finance ministry at 11.30 AM. Discussions will be held on budget presented in the remaining 9 days of the assembly session. As many as 2215 questions have been received from the members of the legislature so far to obtain answers, explanations from the concerned ministers. 

The budget scheduled to be presented today has created curiosity among the people amid by-elections scheduled for the next month for two state legislative assembly seats, next year’s general elections for the state legislative assembly, severe drought conditions, scarcity of cattle fodder, water and other issues of the state. The assembly elections of five states are also expected to impact the session as BJP is preparing to attack the Congress led state government.