The twelfth session of the thirteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly will commence on December 1, Monday.
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Earlier, Speaker G. Karthikeyan, on Wednesday, had called a meeting of the leaders of all political parties represented in the Assembly to solicit their cooperation for the smooth conduct of the upcoming session of the House starting on December 1.
The 14-day-long winter
session beginning on December 1 is likely to be a stormy affair with
the CPI-M led LDF Opposition all set to take on the UDF Government on a host
of issues, including the alleged bar licence bribery involving Finance
Minister K M Mani. Pouncing on the issue, the LDF had demanded Mani's resignation and had warned the government that
it would launch a series of agitations if he did not quit the post. CPI Legislature Party leader C Divakaran on Friday had said that Finance
Minister K M Mani, who is under a cloud of suspicion following the
revelation by Biju Ramesh, Bar Owners’ Association leader that Mani had accepted
bribes, should keep away from attending the Assembly session.
The outbreak of avian flu leading to mass deaths of ducks, causing huge
losses to farmers in Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanmthitta districts
would be another major topic of debate in the Assembly, which has been
convened primarily to take up legislative business.
The long drawn-out students' agitation at the University of Calicut, which has
virtually stalled the administration in the University is also likely to be raised on the floor of the House. CPI(M) politburo member and Deputy leader of the Opposition in the Assembly
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has been quoted in the media as making a statement to that effect.
The session is scheduled to devote 11 days for transacting legislative business, Speaker G. Karthekeyan said. As many as 18 ordinances issued by
the government when the House was not in session has to be replaced. The same has been accorded top priority, and placed at the top of the list of the legislative business to be transacted. Earlier, CPI Legislature Party leader C Divakaran on Friday had criticized that what has been going on in the state is an ‘’ordinance raj". Some of these ordinances are anti-people and government was seeking the approval of the Assembly, Divakaran said.The
CPI leader added that Rs 3000 crore worth additional taxes were imposed on
the people by enhancing the fair value of land, stamp duty and
registration fee.
The Bills to be introduced to replace the Ordinances issued by the Government when the House was not in session, include, inter alia, the Kerala Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, the Kerala Maritime Board Ordinance, 2014, Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Ordinance, 2014, Kerala Land Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, Kerala Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, Kerala Tolls (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, and the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (Passenger Group Personal Accident Insurance, Improved Passenger Amenities, Employees' Social Security and Cess on Ticket) Ordinaance, 2014.
The University Laws (Third Amendment) Bill and the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Second Amendment) Bill are the two Bills reported by the Subject Committee of the Assembly that is also scheduled to be taken up in the upcoming session.
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