NEW DELHI:
The Government has convened a meeting on Thursday to chalk out strategy for pushing its legislative business in the Monsoon Session beginning next week, with opposition parties closing ranks against it on various issues like the Vyapam scam, Lalit Modi controversy and the Socio Economic and Caste Census.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will hold the meeting with Union ministers and secretaries on July 16 in Parliament House to give a final shape to the Government’s legislative agenda, as well as work out strategy.
The Government has identified 35 legislative and financial items of its business to be taken up during the three-week long Monsoon Session beginning July 21.
In a meeting of secretaries of the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry and Legislative Department of the Law Ministry on July 9, the Government listed nine bills pending in Rajya Sabha and four pending in Lok Sabha that will be taken up in this session, besides introduction of 11 new bills.
The four bills pending in Lok Sabha include the contentious land bill but sources say it is unlikely to be taken up during this session as the Joint Committee of Parliament scrutinising the bill is unlikely to complete its proceedings on time.
The three other bills pending in the Lower House are the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014, Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014. (AGENCIES)
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