Monsoon session gets underway today; Congress set to thunder

the goan I networkrPANAJIrApart from the expected govt vs opposition friction, other businesses lined up for the session are voting on demands and passing of the budget, not forgetting the 1,720 questions raised by the legislators -- 637 starred and 1083 unstarred.rFor the first time, nearly 80 per cent of the questions from MLAs have been received online, while 20 per cent in writing. “The monsoon session will be held from July 18 to August 7 which will have 15 sittings. In all, we have received 1,720 questions from MLAs, of which 637 are starred and 1083 unstarred,” said State Legislative Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant.r“During the first two days, a discussion on Governor’s speech and the next two days will be spent on discussiong the budget. Friday will be private members’ day and the remaining days would be for discussing demands,” said Sawant. “Currently, we have received eight private members’ and four bills from the State