The 24-day budget session of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, starting from Tuesday, set to be stormy with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) all set to take on the ruling Congress over a slew of issues, including the Government's decision to shut down and denotify offices and institutions set up by the previous regime.

The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led state government denotified several institutions set up or upgraded under the BJP rule saying that the previous BJP regime had failed to make any budgetary allocation or appoint staff for them.

The BJP launched a signature campaign and held 'Akrosh Rallies' across the state against the move, said a BJP leader. On Monday, the same was handed over to the Governor along with the memorandum.

Also, the state's debt liability and the reduction in the number of free school uniform beneficiaries are some of the other issues expected to spark debates.

The BJP is also expected to go on the offensive on the appointments of advisers, chief parliamentary secretaries, chairpersons of boards and corporations, increase of VAT on diesel and dissolution of the Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission, BJP leader said.

It is also likely to take the Congress regime to task on its “failure” to implement its 10-point pre-poll guarantees.

The Government, on its part, will introduce a white paper on the state's financial condition. Sukhu has been vocal about the Rs 75,000-crore debt his government has inherited from the previous BJP regime since taking charge.