Belagavi, Dec. 8 -- Opening the winter session at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha with a scathing attack on the ruling Congress, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Monday demanded that the Siddaramaiah government either resolve Karnataka's major crises immediately or make way for someone who can.

Addressing reporters before the House convened, Narayanaswamy said the administration's continued neglect had deepened distress among farmers, teachers and students across the state.

He pointed to the twin challenges of excessive and inadequate rainfall, the ongoing confusion surrounding maize procurement and the intensifying protests of sugarcane growers, describing these as problems arising directly from gover...