An all-party meeting was held in Parliament on the issue of Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court under the chairmanship of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
The poll panel stated that all 788 District Election Officers (DEOs) and 36 Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) across the 28 states and eight Union Territories (UTs) have been instructed to conduct these meetings.
The Congress on Monday posed questions to the BJP-led government at the Centre over the long-awaited Census, demanding that the ruling dispensation call an all-party meeting to clarify the issues related to it.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Monday appealed to Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena to convene a high-level all-party meeting on both air and water pollution.
After the meeting, DMK MP Tiruchi Siva slammed the Central government, saying that the situation in Manipur is not a breakdown of law and order but a failure of governance in the state.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, and Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi are likely to attend the meeting.
India-China stand-off, contraction in the economy and the handling of the pandemic are some of the key issues to be discussed during the monsoon session of parliament.
State Home Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay said on Monday that the state government would make a presentation in the all-party meeting, explaining the steps taken by the health department so far to battle out the health and hygiene crisis.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the all-party meet was a good message for the nation and it shows that we are united behind our jawans.
The opposition extended its complete support to the government at the all-party meeting convened by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday evening.
