National Desk
16 July
Sandeep Dhand Ludhiana
The government has scheduled an all-party meeting on July 21 ahead of the Monsoon Session, which begins on Monday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has called the meeting for Sunday at 11 a.m. Leaders from all parties in the House will attend the meeting, held on the eve of the Monsoon Session. Notably, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will participate in the all-party meeting for the first time.
However, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) announced that no representative from their party would attend due to their observance of July 21 as Martyrs’ Day. Derek O’Brien, leader of the TMC parliamentary party in the Rajya Sabha, has communicated this to Rijiju.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament will run from July 22 to August 12, with the Union Budget being presented on July 23. This session, the India alliance of opposition parties is expected to address several issues, including the NEET dispute, the situation in Manipur, and inflation. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to the debate on the vote of thanks for the President’s speech, there was significant uproar in both Houses. Opposition parties raised slogans in the Lok Sabha demanding a statement on Manipur and staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha.