Security stepped up across Belagavi as 10-day K'taka Legislature session begins

A security blanket has been thrown across Belagavi city as the winter session of the Karnataka Legislature starts on MondayAmid fear over the border row with Maharashtra and disruption due to protests by various communities the entire city resembles a cantonment of sortsSuvarna Vidhana Soudha where the session is in progress appears like a barrack with policemen deployed all over the placeAccording to police sources nearly 5000 policemen have been deployed for maintaining law and order in the cityThese policemen include six superintendents of police 11 additional superintendents of police 43 deputy SPs 95 inspectors and 241 subinspectors they addedThe sources also said there will be a sizeable number of policemen deployed at the Vaccine Depot ground where the Madhyavarti Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti is staging a demonstration demanding merger of Belagavi with MaharashtraAlso read MaharashtraKarnataka border row Fadnavis speaks to Bommai over tensions near BelagaviSome leaders from Maharashtra had wished to participate in the event A Maharashtra MP Dhairyasheel Mane had even requested the Belagavi district administration to make arrangements for his visit to the cityHowever the district authorities imposed a ban on his entry saying that his possible inflammatory speech may create law and order problemsApart from the MES various groups including farmers are also staging demonstrations in Belagavi to press for their demandsThis session which would be the last one of the current Assembly as the elections are barely four months away may also see commotion inside the House with political parties trying to draw the attention of people with their protests sources saidThere are many bills which is likely to be tabled and cleared in the current sessionA controversial antiHalal bill may also be introduced in the session as a private bill by a BJP legislator which may cause furore the sources addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever