Overview
- Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka submitted a written request to Speaker U.T. Khader seeking a one-week extension of the Legislature’s ongoing sitting at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi.
- Ashoka said the Dec 8–19 session lost two working days, leaving several matters unaddressed.
- He cited undiscussed North Karnataka concerns, a perceived deterioration in law and order, and pending responses from the chief minister and ministers.
- Ashoka alleged underutilisation of 2025–26 budget funds—Rs 2.06 lakh crore spent of Rs 4.09 lakh crore—and pointed to low spending in IT-BT, Labour and RDPR, naming ministers Priyank Kharge and Santosh S. Lad.
- He posted his letter on X and urged an immediate decision, while the Speaker has not yet announced a ruling on the request.