Overview
- Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot formally summoned both Houses on Tuesday, calling the Legislature to meet at 11 a.m. on August 13 with sittings scheduled through August 27 and Sundays and August 15 treated as holidays.
- The state moved the start from August 6 to August 13 to allow new ministers time to prepare, and Congress leaders are consulting the party high command as a cabinet expansion that would fill roughly 20 vacant berths out of a sanctioned 34 remains under active discussion.
- Reports say a cabinet expansion could take place in the coming days with dates around July 29–30 reported by unnamed sources, but those timings remain unconfirmed and should be treated as developing.
- The Assembly will elect a new Speaker after U T Khader resigned to join the cabinet, and ministers will be expected to face detailed questioning on the drought, the NEET paper‑leak row, alleged KPSC recruitment irregularities, and Cauvery water releases.
- Watch for political fallout and practical impacts: filling cabinet vacancies will shift departmental responsibility ahead of legislative scrutiny, the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee recommendation to release about 3,500 cusecs per day (totaling about 4 TMC) is likely to drive sharp debate, and the session will be the first full test of the Shivakumar government’s agenda and management.