CHANDIGARH: Even though Haryana's opposition leader Om Prakash Chautala is in jail following his conviction in the JBT recruitment scam, the budget session of the state assembly, scheduled to commence on Friday, is likely to be stormy as the House is set to discuss issues ranging from corruption to rape cases.
At present, four MLAs of the 90-member House are lodged in jails. Chautala, his MLA son Ajay Singh and INLD's deputy leader in the assembly Sher Singh Badshami were recently convicted in the teachers' recruitment scam. Main opposition party INLD, which has 30 MLAs, would try to target the ruling Congress for alleged involvement of its MLAs in various cases.
Former minister Gopal Kanda is in judicial custody for his role in the death of airhostess Geetika Sharma. INLD's state president Ashok Arora said his party would raise the issue of "illegal" land deal between DLF and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra. "The party will take up the issue of forcible acquisition of agriculture land at throwaway prices, which had been sold to the private builders at higher rates," Arora added.
However, the ruling Congress would try to exploit the recent conviction of INLD leaders in corruption case to corner the opposition. The Congress may also raise the issue of disproportionate assets case pending against Chautala and his two sons -- Ajay and Abhay.
However, parliamentary affairs minister Randeep Singh Surjewala claimed that the government is fully prepared to deal with all issues. The poor education standard in government schools may also rock the assembly as a senior Congress leader and MLA Sampat Singh has given a call attention motion on the issue. According to a recent report based on survey of 575 villages in Haryana, over 40% students of class V in government as well as private schools were not able to read from textbooks of even class II.
"If we conduct a surprise survey of students enrolled in schools, I am sure that more than 60% schools will not have the requisite strength and the government will have to close more than 5,000," Sampat mentioned in the motion.
There are not enough teachers to teach students. Teachers' shortage is pegged at 27,221 -- over 30% of the total sanctioned strength of 84,352 teachers. It is taking a toll on students' education, sources said.
ISSUES FOR HOUSE
* Conviction of the Chautalas in corruption case
*Fresh charges against former home minister Gopal Kanda
*CBI probe against ex-minister O P Jain and ex-CPS Zile Ram Sharma
*DLF-Robert Vadra land deal
* Poor education standards in government schools
* Crime against women, rape cases
* Apna Ghar episode
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