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No Winter Session of Parliament this year.
There will be no Winter Session of Parliament this year due to the pandemic, the government has informed. In a letter to Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the government is willing to have the next session of Parliament at the earlier . It would be appropriate to have the Budget Session, 2021 in January, 2021 keeping in mind the unprecedented circumstances created by Covid-19 pandemic, Joshi told Chowdhury.
Joshi said that he had held discussions with leaders of all parties and the consensus was not to call a session due to pandemic.
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No Winter Session of Parliament in View of Covid-19, Govt Says Oppn Too Had Reservations Amid Pandemic
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This was in response to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s letter requesting the government to hold a session for repealing the farm laws for which farmers have been on a protest for more than two weeks.
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The government has now officially conveyed that there will be no Winter Session of Parliament given the unprecedented situation because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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A file photo of the Parliament building. | PTI
The Centre has said that there will be no Winter Session of Parliament this time because of the coronavirus crisis,
The Indian Express reported on Tuesday.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi confirmed the government’s decision in a letter to Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. The MP had made a demand for a short Winter Session to discuss the farm laws, which have triggered protests across the country.
“At present, we are in the middle of December and a Covid vaccine is expected very soon,” Joshi told Chowdhury. “In this regard, I have informally contacted floor leaders of various political parties and they have expressed their concerns about the ongoing pandemic and opined of doing away with Winter Session.”