NEW DELHI: All party meeting is underway under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. In the meeting, government’s legislative agenda for the Budget Session of Parliament will be put forth.
During the virtual meeting, opposition parties are likely to demand a debate on the farmers’ ongoing agitation at various border points of Delhi. The opposition parties had raised a similar demand at an all-party meeting convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla yesterday, but the government suggested that the issue of farmers’ agitation can be raised during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address for which 10 hours have been allocated in Lok Sabha on February 2,3 and 4. This time the customary all-party meeting is being held after the beginning of the session. The Budget Session began yesterday with President Ram Nath Kovind addressing the joint sitting of the both Houses of Parliament. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are meeting in shifts of five hours each to ensure distancing norms.
While Rajya Sabha will meet in the morning, Lok Sabha will meet in the second half of the day.
