Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday morning called a meeting of like-minded opposition party floor leaders to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the house ahead of the Parliament Winter Session.
The All India Kisan Congress will hold a day-long protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital on December 9 over demand of the long-pending issues of farmers including making minimum support price (MSP) a legal right, during the Winter Session of Parliament.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said a big vision is needed for the development of the country's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 25 crores. The state government is working with full sincerity to fulfil the trust with which the people of Uttar Pradesh have elected
After the all-party meeting held in Parliament on Tuesday, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary said that the government should have kept in mind festivals like Christmas before announcing dates for the Winter Session of Parliament.
Parliamentary affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi MOS Parliamentary affairs Muralidharan and Arjun Ram Meghwal along with the leader of the house Piyush Goyal attended the meeting on behalf of the government.
The meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of Lok Sabha chaired by Speaker Om Birla and that of Rajya Sabha chaired by the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar will be held this evening in parliament.
The Uttar Pradesh government discussed on Tuesday the supplementary budget. Earlier on Monday, the Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presented a supplementary budget of Rs 337.89 billion (Rs 3378954.67 lakh) in both houses of the state legislature.
The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has released a Code of Conduct for its members, a day before the Winter Session of the Parliament that is scheduled to commence on Wednesday.