“The meeting has been called to discuss the issues to be taken up in Parliament from day one of the session,” an opposition party leader.įor the session, which concludes on August 11, the government has lined up 31 bills, including a draft legislation to check film piracy, introduce age-based categories for censor certification and to set up the National Research Foundation. Sources said the meeting will be held in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. Leaders of opposition alliance INDIA will meet on Thursday morning to chalk out a joint strategy for the Monsoon session. I would like to request that he has been silent for over two months but he should at least make a statement in Parliament and allow us to hold a debate,” he said. “Two months have passed but the prime minister (Narendra Modi) is silent. At the all-party also, I raised the issues…our demand is that there is the issue of Manipur which must be discussed,” he told reporters. “I had participated in the Business Advisory Committee meeting and raised all the issues that need to be discussed. Sources said Joshi had earlier in a meeting of the business advisory committee called by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla asserted that the government was willing to discuss the violence in Manipur.Īfter the all-party meeting, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asserted that if the government wants Parliament to function, it should give space to opposition’s issues, and demanded a discussion on Manipur during the session. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said there are 32 legislative items for the session. Transfer and postings of all officers of the Delhi government were under the executive control of the lieutenant governor before the May 11 verdict of the apex court.Īt an all-party meet convened by it on the eve of the session, the government told floor leaders of various parties that it is willing to discuss every issue permitted under the rules and approved by the Chair in the session. The ordinance seeks to set up a National Capital Civil Service Authority for the transfer of and disciplinary proceedings against Group-A officers from the DANICS cadre. The Congress has made it clear that it will not back the ordinance and will oppose any attempt of the central government to “sabotage federalism” in the country. The AAP had demanded support from the Congress on the issue as a condition to attend the recent two-day Opposition meet in Bengaluru. The other key issue which is likely to trigger a face-off between the government and the opposition is the Delhi services ordinance which will come up as a bill in the session.Īrvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is opposing the ordinance on the transfer and posting of bureaucrats in Delhi brought by the Centre in May, virtually negating a Supreme Court verdict giving the elected government in Delhi the control over services matter. The northeastern state is witnessing ethnic violence since May 3 that has claimed over 160 lives. The Opposition has been raking up the issue of Manipur violence. The session begins close on the heels of 26 opposition parties forming the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to take on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. New Delhi: The situation in Manipur and the Delhi services ordinance are set to dominate the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning Thursday with the Opposition gearing up to raise these issues to corner the government.
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