No Winter Session of Parliament due to Covid, Budget Session in January 2021
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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi in his letter to Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury made it clear that no winter session of Parliament will be convened due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Budget Session is likely to be called in January 2021.
Chowdhury, in his letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on December 3 mentioned a number of issues such as farmers agitation, status/preparation of Covid-19 vaccine, Chinese intrusion, economic slowdown and unemployment scenario to press for the short Winter Session.
Joshi in his letter to Chowdhury referring to his letter to Birla said that winter months are crucial for managing the pandemic because of recent spurt in cases during this period, particularly in Delhi.
Congress slams Centre for deciding against holding Winter Session
Tue, Dec 15 2020 05:47:32 PM
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS): After the government decided against convening the Winter Session of the Parliament due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Congress has slammed the Centre for subverting parliamentary democracy , alleging that the opposition was not consulted on the matter.
Speaking to IANS, former Union minister Manish Tewari, who even protested at the Jantar Mantar demanding the session be held, said, Never before in the history of the Indian Parliament has parlimentary democracy been subverted in this manner. When the standing committees of the Parliament are meeting, joint parliamentary committees are being convened three times a week, then why is the government running away from the Winter Session and hiding behind a pandemic that it has thoughrly and absolutely mismanaged?
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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi in his letter to Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury made it clear that no winter session of Parliament will be convened due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Budget Session is likely to be called in January 2021.
Chowdhury, in his letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on December 3 mentioned a number of issues such as farmers agitation, status/preparation of Covid-19 vaccine, Chinese intrusion, economic slowdown and unemployment scenario to press for the short Winter Session.
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Updated Dec 15, 2020, 1:36 pm IST
The government has said that the winter session of Parliament will not be held this year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic
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New Delhi: The government has said that the winter session of Parliament will not be held this year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and that it will convene the budget session in January next year.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, Winter months are very crucial for managing the pandemic because of recent spurt in cases during this period, particularly in Delhi. At present, we are in the middle of December and Covid vaccine is expected very soon.