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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said that the party has decided to focus on the issues of unemployment, price rise, and reservation for the economically weaker sections in the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament that will start from Wednesday.
The Congress decided on Saturday that it would seek discussions on the EWS reservation, state of the economy and the situation at the border during Parliament’s winter session, which many of its leaders including Rahul Gandhi are unlikely to attend due to the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who will continue as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, will reach out to Opposition parties to build a consensus to take up economic distress, India-China border tension and attack on institutions as priority issues during the Winter Session of Parliament.
The union government's agenda for the winter session of Parliament, which begins on December 7, includes 16 new bills.
The results of assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh will be declared on December 8, a day after the start of the winter session of Parliament.