Farmers’ distress, dissidence in Congress, the Rs 35,000 crore alleged mismatch in budgetary receipts and spending during the previous Siddaramaiah government and a host of issues related to the development of Northern Karnataka are set to raise the heat for a coalition government at the winter session of the state legislature starting in Belagavi on Monday.

The inaugural day is set to see action outside Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, with the BJP planning to hold a mega farmers’ rally to corner the H D Kumaraswamy government on its alleged failure to address their plight. This massive showdown by BJP state chief B S Yeddyurappa could impact proceedings inside both the Houses.