The government held an all-party meeting on Sunday, ahead of the Monsoon session of the Parliament, which begins on Monday, to formulate a strategy to maximise the productivity of the House along with addressing the concerns of the Opposition during the course of the session.
The meeting, called by parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi, is attended by defence minister Rajnath Singh, Union minister Piyush Goyal, AIADMK MP M Thambi Durai, YSRCP MP Vijayasai Reddy, TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel, Congress MPs Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh, Rashtriya Lok Dal MP Jayant Chaudhary and DMK MP Tiruchi Siva and others.
The agenda of the meeting will be to discuss the subjects that the Opposition would like to have for discussion during the session of the Parliament.
The Monsoon session holds importance as the election of the President and Vice-President office is slated to take place in this session. The Presidential polls will be held on July 18, while the Vice-Presidential polls will take place on August 6. The term of President Ram Nath Kovind is coming to an end on July 24, while the term of Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu is ending on August 10.
The Opposition is also slated to hold its meeting later in the day to decide on the candidate for the Vice-Presidential elections. The BJP on Saturday declared West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as NDA’s vice-presidential candidate.
During the session, the Opposition is likely to raise issues pertaining to the new Agnipath recruitment Scheme for the armed forces, unemployment, inflation among others, while the Centre will seek to push several legislations during the monsoon session of Parliament.
