Kerala Assembly's monsoon session set to be stormy

The monsoon session of Kerala assembly, starting tomorrow mainly to discuss and pass budget proposals for 2013-14, is set to be stormy with CPI-M led LDF opposition targeting government on issues ranging from 'failure' to tackle the situation arising from spread of various kind of viral fevers and rise in prices of essentials.
Opposition's prime thrust is that when the entire state is shivering with fever including dengue, the ruling Congress-led UDF has been wrangling over spoils of power.
The confusion over the issue of induction of KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala into the Oommen Chandy ministry, which completed two years in office last month, has given an impetus for dormant factionalism in the state unit of the Congress to resurface.

Another issue irking the UDF is the demand of Kerala Congress (B), a minor parter, to re-induct K B Ganeshkumar into the cabinet. Kumar, a lone member of KC-B in the assembly, resigned two months ago after his wife filed a complaint with police alleging domestic violence.
Kumar's father and KC (B) leader R Balakrishnan Pillai has asked Chandy to re-induct his son into the cabinet, arguing that no cases are pending against him since he has reached a settlement with his estranged wife on most issues between them.
UDF leadership has entrusted Chandy to take a suitable decision on Kumar's issue.

Flagging off the construction work of state's dream project 'Kochi Metro Rail' on June 7, launch of Sea-plane project as part of tourism promotion and unveiling of a slew of health schemes including free treatment in government hospitals for persons upto the age of 18, would be the major plank on which UDF would face the opposition.
Though, government has initiated various steps to check the spread of fever, the number of persons affected have reached an alarming figure of more than 96,000 in the last two weeks. Forty-one persons have lost their lives due to different types of fever during this period.

The 28-day long session would also take up some legislative business for eight days and the session is scheduled to end on July 18.