Chhattisgarh Assembly budget session to begin on Monday

The Chhattisgarh Assembly'sbudget session will begin on Monday and will have 24 sittingstill March 26, an official said.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who holds the financeportfolio, will present the state budget on March 1, he added.

Addressing reporters on the eve of the session,Speaker Charan Das Mahant said all COVID-19 protocols will befollowed strictly.

The session will start with the address of GovernorAnusuiya Uikey followed by the tabling of motion of thanks onthe governor's address, he said.

As on February 20, a total of 2,350 questions werereceived from the legislators, which comprise 1,262 'starred'questions and 1,088 'unstarred' questions, as well as 24notices of Adjournment Motion and 117 notices of CallAttention Motion, Mahant said.

Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and senior BJPleader Dharamlal Kaushik said his party would corner theBaghel government on the ''increasing incidents of rape, murderand loot'', farm distress as well as mismanagement in paddyprocurement.