Parliament’s Monsoon Session live updates | PM Modi urges MPs to make the session as productive as possible
The Hindu
Here are all the updates from the first day of the Parliament’s Monsoon session
The Monsoon Session of Parliament, beginning today, is all set to be stormy as the Opposition has decided to raise issues such as the controversial Agnipath scheme, inflation, alleged misuse of investigating agencies to target Opposition leaders and the unemployment.
Union Parliament Affairs Ministry convened an all-party meet, chaired by Rajnath Singh, on Sunday to ensure a smooth session. While the Centre said it is ready to discuss all important issues, the Opposition said the session is very short and the House may not be able to take up the 32 Bills listed by the Centre. There will be 18 sittings during the session, including the private members’ business on four Fridays. The session will end on August 12. The Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections will also take place during the session.
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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said some of these 32 bills have been cleared by by department related standing committees of Parliament. He assured that no Bill will be passed without discussion.
Lok Sabha proceedings on day one of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament begin with the national anthem.
Voting for the presidential election in which NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is pitted against joint opposition pick Yashwant Sinha began on Monday. Polling began at 10 a.m. and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote. The voting process would conclude at 5 p.m.
Nearly 4,800 elected MPs and MLAs are entitled to vote in the election, but nominated MPs and MLAs, and members of Legislative Councils are not. Besides Room number 63 on the first floor of Parliament House, which has been converted into a polling station, voting is simultaneously taking place at various State assemblies.