The joint session of the Karnataka legislature is likely to begin here from February 6 Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said Friday.

The Chief Minister met Governor Vajibhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan and extended him an invitation to address the join session.

"I met the Governor to discuss with him about the joint session and budget presentation.

I have invited the Governor to address the joint session as per practise. 
The session is likely to commence from February 6," Kumaraswamy told reporters here.

The Chief Minister, who also holds the Finance portfolio, had earlier said that he would be presenting the state budget on February 8.

Kumaraswamy said he currently was holding the department wise review ahead for the 2019-20 budget next month.

He said he held discussions with farmers leaders from various districts and taken suggestions from them, mainly on electricity, irrigation, crop insurance, seeds, and marketing, among others, so that these could be implemented in the budget to initiate good programmes for them.

Recently in an interview to PTI, Kumaraswamy had said he would fulfil his Rs 46,000-crore loan waiver commitment to farmers "completely" in the Congress-JDS coalition government's second budget that he is scheduled to present on February 8.

Earlier, speaking to reporters after the pre-budget meeting with farmers leaders, Co-Operation Minister Bandeppa Kashyampur said the Chief Minister had announced a farm loan waiver last time and that he would protect farmers' interests in the upcoming budget.

Reiterating that all eligible farmers would get the benefit of loan waiver, he said it is the responsibility of the government.

To a question, Kashyampur said issues faced by farmers on loan waiver like non-matching of their names with Aadhaar card was being addressed with the help of Tahsildars.

"We are are removing several clauses to make it easy for farmers," he said. 
Kashyampur said farmers wanted the right Minimum Support Price for crops and implementation of the Swaminathan committee report, among other things.

He said some farmers pointed out that registration fees for harvesting machine was too high in Karnataka, compared to neighbouring Maharashtra and added that the Chief Minister had taken note of it.&nbsp;

The joint session of the Karnataka legislature is likely to begin here from February 6 Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said Friday. The Chief Minister met Governor Vajibhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan and extended him an invitation to address the join session.

The joint session of the Karnataka legislature is likely to begin here from February 6 Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said Friday. The Chief Minister met Governor Vajibhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan and extended him an invitation to address the join session. "I met the Governor to discuss with him about the joint session and budget presentation. I have invited the Governor to address the joint session as per practise. The session is likely to commence from February 6," Kumaraswamy told reporters here. The Chief Minister, who also holds the Finance portfolio, had earlier said that he would be presenting the state budget on February 8. Kumaraswamy said he currently was holding the department wise review ahead for the 2019-20 budget next month. He said he held discussions with farmers leaders from various districts and taken suggestions from them, mainly on electricity, irrigation, crop insurance, seeds, and marketing, among others, so that these could be implemented in the budget to initiate good programmes for them. Recently in an interview to PTI, Kumaraswamy had said he would fulfil his Rs 46,000-crore loan waiver commitment to farmers "completely" in the Congress-JDS coalition government's second budget that he is scheduled to present on February 8. Earlier, speaking to reporters after the pre-budget meeting with farmers leaders, Co-Operation Minister Bandeppa Kashyampur said the Chief Minister had announced a farm loan waiver last time and that he would protect farmers' interests in the upcoming budget. Reiterating that all eligible farmers would get the benefit of loan waiver, he said it is the responsibility of the government. To a question, Kashyampur said issues faced by farmers on loan waiver like non-matching of their names with Aadhaar card was being addressed with the help of Tahsildars. "We are are removing several clauses to make it easy for farmers," he said. Kashyampur said farmers wanted the right Minimum Support Price for crops and implementation of the Swaminathan committee report, among other things. He said some farmers pointed out that registration fees for harvesting machine was too high in Karnataka, compared to neighbouring Maharashtra and added that the Chief Minister had taken note of it.

Joint session of Karnataka legislature to begin from February 6

The BJP is leading currently in Tiptur, Hosakote, Chitradurga and Chikmagalur assembly constituencies.

PM Modi may have joined the Karnataka polls in the last 10 days but he has had lasting effect on the polls. Also See: Live Karnataka election leads: Congress: 57 | BJP: 121 | JD(S)+: 42 The BJP is currently ahead in 11 constituencies of the 19 assembly seats in which PM Modi campaigned. Interestingly, the Congress is leading in Bidar, Raichur, Gadag, Mangalore and Chamarajanagar with the JD(S) ahead in Bangarpet which saw Modi running a high-voltage campaign. Rahul Gandhi has campaigned in 16 constituencies across Karnataka in the last two months with the Congress leading in just 6 seats so far. In the majority of the seats, the JD(S) is leading. The BJP is leading currently in Tiptur, Hosakote, Chitradurga and Chikmagalur assembly constituencies. Modi Rally Lead Bidar INC Gulbarga Uttar BJP Bijapur City BJP Jamkhandi BJP Chikkodi-Sadalga Raichur INC Koppal BJP Gadag INC Hubli-Dharwad East BJP Bellary City BJP Chitradurga BJP Shimoga BJP Udupi BJP Mangalore INC Chickamagalur BJP Tumkur Rural BJP Bangalore South Bangarpet JD(S) Chamarajanagar INC Rahul Rally Lead Aurad BJP Bhalki INC Chincholi INC Humnabad INC Gadag INC Pavagada JD(S) Chikkaballapur INC Devanahalli JD(S) Hassan JD(S) tiptur BJP Mangalore INC Hosakote BJP Kolar JD(S) Chitradurga BJP Chikmagalur BJP Sringeri INC

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