All-Party Meeting highlights: 31 bills likely to be taken up during Parliament's monsoon session

Defence minister Rajnath Singh chairs all-party meet

Ahead of the monsoon session scheduled to begin on Thursday, the union government convened an all-party meeting on Wednesday. 34 parties and 44 leaders participated in the all-party meeting convened by the government for the smooth conduct of the monsoon session which will continue to till August 11 and will have 17 sittings. 

Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi said that 31 bills will be taken up in the monsoon session of the Parliament starting on Thursday.

"Opposition parties have given many suggestions and our alliance leaders have also given. All the parties have demanded to have a discussion on the Manipur issue on which government is ready," he added.

"The government is ready to discuss all the issues will be discussed following the rules and regulations and with the permission of the Speaker," he added.

On Tuesday, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a meeting in New Delhi with its 39 member parties. On the other hand, the Opposition consisting of 26 parties were already engaged in a two-day meet in Bengaluru. This meeting aimed to form an "anti-BJP" front and which also called itself as “Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)”. 

Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar called for a similar all-party meeting called on Tuesday but has been deferred due to non-availability of leaders of many parties. The monsoon session will continue till August 11.

The new Parliament building, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, will be the venue for the upcoming monsoon session. Offices have been assigned to most political parties in Parliament, and relevant departments have been instructed to shift to the new facility, as per a report by HT on June 14.