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"The chief minister has confined himself to Old Mysuru region...
We will raise farmers issues both inside and outside the House. They have now threatened to resume it during the session, alleging that the government has not kept its word.Issues within the ruling coalition are troubling the government, whose longevity and stability has been questioned repeatedly. Suvarna Vidhana Soudha , modelled after the Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat in Bengaluru, was built during the BJP government as an assertion that Belagavi is an integral part of Karnataka.Maharashtra claims that Belagavi should belong to it. Reports of differences within the state BJP and Yeddyurappa allegedly loosing grip over it have been emerging recently.On the other hand, Kumaraswamy, whose administration has been accused of being apathetic towards north Karnataka and concentrating only on the southern districts, that too the Vokkaliga-dominated old Mysuru region which is a bastion of his party, now has an opportunity to bridge the gap during the session.This will be the first Assembly session for the Congress-JD(S) government in Belagavi, a town in north Karnataka, bordering Mahrarashtra, that has been hosting legislature session once a year since 2006.The move was initiated by the JD(S)-BJP coalition government, with Kumaraswamy as chief minister. BELAGAVI: The winter session of the Karnataka legislature, set to begin here from on Monday, is likely to be a stormy affair with the opposition BJP expected to corner the government over a host of issues, including farmer suicides and alleged lack of clarity and delay in the implementation of the farm loan waiver Coalition worries within the ruling Congress-JDS alliance and disgruntlement over the delay in the cabinet expansion may also cast a shadow over the session.The saffron party has already announced a large-scale protest meet in Belagavi, likely to be attended by over one lakh farmers, during the session to corner the government on agrarian issues.With 100 taluks in 24 districts of Karnataka being declared drought-hit, BJP leaders are likely to take on the state government over relief and mitigation measures..