BENGALURU: The first Karnataka Legislative Assembly session, after the formation of the new government, will be held for three days starting Monday in Bengaluru. Senior Congress leader R V Deshpande will be the pro-tem Speaker of the Legislative Assembly for the session.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the party has requested Deshpande to act as pro-tem Speaker till a fulltime Speaker is elected.
Addressing a press briefing after the first Cabinet meeting at Vidhana Soudha on Saturday, Siddaramaiah said, “Five guarantees in the manifesto were promised and the order for the implementation of those five guarantees was given after the first cabinet meeting. All will be in force after the next cabinet meeting which will be called within a week.” (ANI)