The budget session of the Karnataka legislature seemed like a preview of the acrimony that one can expect all the way till the general elections later this year.
In fact, the session was cut short by a day as unrelenting Opposition members trooped to well of the House for the third consecutive day. It ended without discussion on Governor Vajubhai R. Vala’s address or the State Budget for 2019–20.
The Opposition BJP disrupted proceedings constantly, first claiming that the government lacked majority and later protesting the decision to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the controversial audio recording which has conversations allegedly of BJP leaders trying to “buy up” governing combine MLAs