Panaji: The 15-day monsoon session of the state assembly, beginning on Monday, is likely to be hectic and acrimonious, with govt facing over 4,000 questions.The opposition is all set to corner govt over various issues, including unemployment, Mhadei, deteriorating law and order, and land conversions, among other issues. During the session, govt will answer 789 starred questions that require oral replies and 3,330 unstarred ones.Govt will introduce 16 bills in the assembly, and 15 private member resolutions will be discussed.The general discussion on the budget will take place from Monday to Wednesday. Demand for grants will be taken from Thursday to Aug 8.State govt is likely to introduce bills to regularise illegal structures on comunidade land and govt land. Govt, through the bill, will empower the administrator of the comunidade to decide on the application — bypassing the comunidade — to regularise the illegal structures on the respective comunidade, not exceeding an area of 300sqm.With a rise in dog attacks on people, often resulting in serious injuries, state govt will introduce the Goa Animal Breeding and Domestication (Regulation and Compensation) Bill, 2025, to prohibit the domestication and breeding of ferocious animals and ban the import of such breeds.Govt will also introduce the Factories (Goa Amendment) Bill, 2025, seeking to increase working hours in factories from the existing 9 to 10 hours.The opposition said that govt “declared an undeclared ‘emergency’ in the assembly” after speaker Ramesh Tawadkar did not allow the opposition’s demand to put more questions for the question hour and have more calling-attention periods during the monsoon session.The opposition alleged that Tawadkar is in a hurry to become a minister. It had walked out of the business advisory committee (BAC) meeting to finalise the business for the monsoon session of the House.
