Monsoon Session of Parliament begins tomorrow ; Govt sought Cooperation from Political Parties for smooth functioning in All-Party Meet.

By B.Maharana

New Delhi, July 19

Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow, the government today convened an all-party meeting . During the meeting the Government  sought cooperation from all political parties for the smooth functioning of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The Monsoon session will continue till 11th of next month and there will be a total of 17 sittings in this session spread over 23 days.

Briefing media after the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, 31 bills are expected to be taken up during the session. He said the government is ready for discussion on any issues including violence in Manipur.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary said, his party will raise the issues of Manipur violence, train mishap in Odisha, flood situation, inflation, unemployment, and situation on the Indo-China border among others.

The meeting was attended by Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, Prof Ramgopal Yadav of Samajwadi Party, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, M. Thambi Durai of AIADMK, Lalan Singh of JDU, Nama Nageswara Rao and others.

Meanwhile, Lok Sabha Om Birla also chaired a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee ahead of the session.

During the session, important legislations including the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, The National Dental Commission Bill, National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill and Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 are expected to be taken up.