The law and parliamentary minister will try to end the deadlock caused by the opposition Janata Dal and Congress’ decision to stay away from the ongoing session of the legislative assembly.
Law and parliamentary minister S Suresh Kumar will try to end the deadlock caused by the opposition Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress’ decision to stay away from the ongoing session of the legislative assembly.
“We will make our sincere efforts to convince the Congress and JD(S) leaders (to attend the session). It is against the democratic spirit to conduct proceedings in the absence of opposition party MLAs,” the minister told this newspaper on Friday.
Kumar said he was also willing to knock at the doors of Congress and JD(S) to convince them of the need for participating in the legislative session. He said there was no meaning in conducting the session without opposition parties.
Kumar may visit Siddaramaiah and JD(S) legislative party leader HD Revanna’s residences, urging them to attend the session. However, he would take up this exercise only after getting the nod from chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.
“This is indeed a tough situation for the government. If we agree to replace the speaker (KG Bopaiah), then the opposition will start pressing their other demands. If we don’t, the deadlock won’t end,’’ another senior minister said.
On Friday, empty benches welcomed ruling party MLAs in the state legislative assembly as the Congress and JD(S) members decided to stay away from the session.
In the 223 members house, only 50 MLAs of the ruling party were present. The Karnataka Land Revenue (amendment) Bill, 2011 and Karnataka State Minorities Commission (amendment), Bill, 2011 were tabled in the house. Later, demands for grants from several ministries for financial year 2011-12 were placed.
Amendment to Minorities Bill
Domination of Muslims in the Karnataka Minorities Commission may soon end as the government has proposed to bring an amendment to the Karnataka State Minorities Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2011.
The approval of the Bill will pave way for nominating at least one member from Christian, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh religions to the nine-member commission.
The amendment is introduced following the reported pressure from nominated Anglo-Indian member Derrick M B Fullinfaw, who sought the nomination of Christian members to the Commission.
The Yeddyurappa government has turned down the proposal to make Fullinfaw chairperson of the commission, but he is tipped to become the chairperson of the Christian Development Council.
The amendment will stop giving salaries to the members. Instead, they will get sitting allowance. Said to be the brainchild of Wakfs minister Mumtaz Ali Khan, the commission had drawn a lot of criticism for giving monthly salaries for its members just for holding a few meetings in a year.
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