Ahead of Winter session, all-party meeting on Sunday
The government has convened an all-party meeting on November 24 ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament which starts on Monday.
The government has convened an all-party meeting on November 24 ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament which starts on Monday.
The Winter Session of the Parliament is set to commence from November 25 and will go on till December 20, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced here on Tuesday.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has asserted that the mass suspension of the Opposition MPs from both Houses of Parliament during the Winter Session seems to be "predetermined and premeditated by" the BJP-led government at the Centre.
Briefing newspersons on the Winter Session of Parliament which concluded on Thursday night, he said, "They themselves came and said to suspend them. Congress Party has such a low-level strategy."
Speaking at a ‘Save Democracy’ protest at Jantar Mantar, the Congress leader said, “They are those who call themselves patriots… ‘Hawa nikal gayi unki…’ (Their bravado had gone into the thin air…) We saw it all.”
Fourteen of the MPs suspended were from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha member suspended was leader of the Trinamul Congress Derek O’Brien.
Referring to election results, the DMK MP had said used unparliamentory word to describe the Hindi heartland states.
The PM said the country now does not want to wait long for its goal of development. In every section of society, there is a sentiment that India needs to move forward.
PM addressing reporters outside Parliament said that political temperatures in the country are soaring even though the winter is approaching slowly.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the all-party meeting, chaired by Defence Minister and Lok Sabha Deputy Leader Rajnath Singh, was attended by 30 leaders from 23 parties. The session will run for 19 days and have 15 sittings.
