The winter session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly is set to be stormy, with the opposition BJP announcing to aggressively raise government corruption and the ruling Congress expected to repulse the attack on the issue.
The five-day session is scheduled to commence tomorrow.
BJP has announced plans to raise corruption and non-performance of Virbhadra Singh government. The party has said it would also submit a "chargesheet" to Governor Acharya Devvrat against the state government.
Congress, on the other hand, is formulating strategies to repulse any attack from Opposition by pushing the development- related work undertaken by the state government in past four years and corner the BJP on the trouble faced by the public due to demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes.
Its legislature party leaders were holding meetings to finalise their strategies in Dharamshala.
BJP too is holding a similar meeting in Dharamshala.
Assembly Speaker BBL Butail today appealed to all parties in the state to cooperate in smooth running of the House.
Asked whether he has contemplated any action against unruly members disrupting House proceedings, Butail evaded any direct answer.
He said 232 starred and 114 unstarred questions and three resolutions have been received. The speaker said other issues to be raised by the members under Rule 62 and 130 pertain to demonetisation, law and order, maintenance of roads, and setting up of an All India Institute Of Medical Science in the state.
Butail said walkout from the House was a way of protest but frequent walkouts were not reasonable.
Reiterating his commitment to make the state assembly "totally paperless", Butail said all information will be provided to members on Internet.
Around Rs 5 crore was being spent annually on the maintenance and running of Vidhan Sabha at Tapovan, where only 5-6 sitiings are held annually, he said.
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