Storm brews ahead of House session: Cong to target BJP on graft, law & order
The govt, on the other hand, remains busy for the assembly session, and would bring around ten bills. The important ones include the metropolitan act for Indore and Bhopal.
The Congress would corner the govt over charges of irregularities on the PHE minister, which was investigated by her dept's official and the govt gave her clean chit.
Another issue to be raised in the assembly was the way the govt handled promotion of govt employees due to which it was stalled by the court.
Promotion of govt employees remains on hold since 2016. The govt tried to restart the process by framing new promotion rules, but it has again been put on hold by the court.
The issue of law and order would be raised in the assembly. Contraband network ring in major cities, suicide by policemen issues would be hurled on govt. The Congress stated in six months, 10 policemen have opted for extreme steps in the state.
Among the bills, the state cabinet on May 20 approved the MP Metropolitan Region Planning and Development Act, 2025, which will enable the formation of metropolitan planning committees and metropolitan region development authorities.
Two major regions identified for this are: Indore-Ujjain-Dewas-Dhar and Bhopal-Sehore-Raisen-Vidisha-Biaora (Rajgarh). The govt would table the bill in the ensuing session. The assembly session would continue till Aug 8.
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