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BENGALURU: The animosity between Opposition parties and the government in the state is taking a toll on debates and other regular business at the ongoing Assembly session. When Chief Minister
B S Yediyurappa, who is also the finance minister, was presenting the budget, members of the principal Opposition party Congress walked out in an unprecedented manner.
Home and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the Opposition may agree to disagree, but they should participate in discussions and deliberations in the Assembly. “They have decided not to cooperate, but in spite of their noncooperation, our pro-people governance will continue,” he told TNSE. Excerpts.
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Opposition leader Siddaramaiah speaking in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
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Mr. Siddaramaiah alleged that petroleum imports under Mr. Modi’s reign had surpassed the import level under the UPA regime by 43.81 million tonnes. Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah on Tuesday alleged that petroleum imports had increased under the Narendra Modi regime, though the Prime Minister has been blaming the previous UPA government for the escalation in fuel costs on the grounds that the earlier dispensation had not done much to reduce the dependence on fuel imports.
Seeking to move an adjournment motion in the Assembly on the problems faced by people because of the increasing prices of petroleum products, Mr. Siddaramaiah alleged that petroleum imports under Mr. Modi’s reign had surpassed the import level under the UPA regime by 43.81 million tonnes.
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