The session will begin with President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the joint sitting of both the Houses. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present interim budget on Thursday. The new government will present full budget after the Lok Sabha polls.
Ahead of the session, the government held an all-party meeting on Tuesday, in which parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said Sitharaman would also present the budget for Jammu and Kashmir, which is under the President’s Rule.
The main agenda of the session, which will conclude on February 9, will be the President’s address, presentation of interim budget and debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address, with a reply by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Joshi said he informed the floor leaders of all parties that all suspensions would be revoked. “I have spoken with the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman, and have also requested them on behalf of the government to revoke all suspensions,” Joshi said.
Later, Rajya Sabha’s privilege committee, chaired by deputy Chairman Harivansh, which has been looking into the breach of privilege against 11 suspended MPs of the House, also suggested the Upper House Chairman to revoke their suspension.Meanwhile, during a meeting chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh, several issues including unemployment, high inflation, attack on federal structure and several others were raised.Congress party leader K Suresh said the party would raise the issue of unemployment, high inflation, agrarian distress and ethnic violence in Manipur while his party colleague Pramod Tiwari raised the issue of misuse of investigative agencies.
Trinamool leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay said the FM should include the pending dues to West Bengal in the interim budget.
SP leader ST Hassan demanded steps to strengthen the Places of Worship Act that freezes the status of religious places of worship as they existed on August 15, 1947.
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