Overview
- Legislative Council Chair Basavaraj Horatti ordered the government to furnish all pending replies by March 25 and warned that action would follow on March 26 if the directive is not met.
- Parameshwara told the Council that notices have been issued to departmental secretaries and said suspensions would follow in cases of continued negligence.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in a letter referencing Assembly data, noted that out of 245 tracked questions only 90 had replies as of March 16 and directed secretaries to explain delays.
- Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh served show-cause notices to seven senior IAS officers after the Assembly Speaker had earlier adjourned proceedings over missing written answers.
- Council proceedings were briefly adjourned after post-lunch absences on the treasury benches, even as government-shared figures showed stark disparities in departmental response rates.