Overview

• The monsoon session opened on August 18 with legislators submitting 830 questions, most focused on cloudbursts, floods and landslide damage.
• Opposition BJP leaders have signalled plans to corner the government with adjournment motions and scrutiny of relief distribution and delayed road restoration in affected districts.
• The Congress-led government will table a motion reporting 247 deaths, outline its ₹100 crore immediate relief and ₹3,000 crore mitigation plan, and renew its demand for special central funding.
• Official data show a discrepancy between the SDMA’s 261-death toll and the state government’s figure of 247, a focal point of legislative debate.
• Security has been tightened around the Vidhan Sabha with the precinct divided into five sectors under designated officers, and the agenda also includes bills on drug abuse, exam malpractice and a row over university vice-chancellor appointments.