BJP promises stormy session

NEW DELHI: The last monsoon session of the present Delhi Vidhan Sabha starts on Tuesday and will last only three days. With the assembly elections likely in November, the main opposition, BJP, plans to target the ruling party both inside and outside the House on issues ranging from price rise to power tariff and a number of other issues like regularization of unauthorized colonies, development of resettlement colonies and slum clusters, increase in crime, women's safety, and increase in water and electricity tariffs.

Objecting to the short three-day session, leader of the opposition in Delhi assembly, V K Malhotra, said the government has deliberately done so to avoid confrontation and discussion on issues. "This is the last session of the present assembly and that, too, for a mere three days, of which one day is for private members. That means the whole session is for two days only. There are innumerable problems being faced by the public and all these were to be discussed during the session. But the Delhi government has betrayed the public on every front and even now it does not want to consider any of its problems in the assembly," said Malhotra.

BJP is clearly set to rake up the inflation issue with the rise in prices of onions and other vegetables and daily needs. It also plans to discuss the continued deterioration in the Yamuna even after spending more than Rs 3,500 crore.

This time over, the people of Delhi will be able to witness the proceedings of the Delhi assembly through a live webcast. To access this facility, visit the website of the legislative assembly - delhiassembly.nic.in- and access the related link that leads to the webcast. Apart from the live webcast, date-wise recordings of the proceedings will also be available on the website.

According to the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Delhi will be the third state to have such a system in place after the assemblies of Bihar and Rajasthan. The cost of implementing this project is Rs 11 lakh, approximately, and the estimated recurring cost of running this system will be approximately Rs 5 lakh per annum.