Curated By: Sanstuti Nath
Last Updated: September 13, 2023, 17:21 IST
A special session of Parliament will be held from September 18 to 22. (PTI/File)
As per sources, the special session will begin at the old building and then be shifted to the new Parliament building on September 19 on Ganesh Chaturthi, which is considered auspicious for making new beginnings
Ahead of the Parliament, the Centre has called an all-party meeting on Sunday. The agenda for the special session is likely to be discussed during the all-party meeting.
A meeting took place at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s house on the upcoming Parliament Session, sources told News18. Union Ministers Arjun Meghwal, Prahlad Joshi, Mansukh Mandaviya, Piyush Goyal, Anurag Thakur, and Ashwini Vaishnav were present at the meeting.
Earlier this month, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi announced that the government has called a five-day special session of Parliament from September 18 till September 22.
As per sources, the special session will begin at the old building and then be shifted to the new Parliament building on September 19 on Ganesh Chaturthi, which is considered auspicious for making new beginnings.
According to an internal circular issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, a new dress code with floral motifs for Parliament staff has been issued which they have to don once the new parliament building starts functioning.
Meanwhile, Opposition leaders on Wednesday hit out at the government over the special session of Parliament, saying “only two people” know about its agenda with only a few days left for its commencement.
Jairam Ramesh, the Congress general secretary said in a post on X, “Today is September 13. The five-day special session of Parliament will commence five days from now and nobody — barring One Man (ok, perhaps the Other One too) — has any sense of the agenda.”
Ramesh also listed several previous occasions when special sessions or special sittings were held and the list of business was known in advance.