Parliament Winter Session: Discussion On Kashmiri Pandits, India-China On Oppn's List Of Demands

Agendas like the India-China border, Kashmiri Pandits, Assam-Meghalaya dispute, inflation, and unemployment are likely to be discussed during the winter session of the Parliament this month.

The all-party meeting has concluded with the Opposition putting in its agenda for the discussion for the winter session of the Parliament starting from Wednesday. 

Parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi told reporters, “31 out of 47 parties took part in the all-party meeting held today. Some suggestions have come from the Opposition and we have noted them.” 

“I condemn the allegation that we are ignoring Christmas. There will be a holiday on December 24 & 25,” ANI quoted Joshi as saying. 

Informing about the agenda during the session, Congress leader Adhir Ranjab Chowdhury said, “We've put forward issues like tussle b/w Centre & judiciary over collegium system, misuse of central agencies, India-China border situation, threats faced by Kashmiri pandits in J&K, Hindi debate, federal structure.” 

Asom Gana Parishad's Birendra Prasad Baishya said that his party has suggested issues like drug mitigation, the northeastern region including India-China for discussion at the forum, reported ANI.

Earlier in the day, Congress said it wants the Parliament to discuss the Supreme Court's decision on the EWS reservation, inflation, and unemployment. Joining the bandwagon, TMC put forth the Assam-Meghalaya border dispute, neglect of states on economic matters, inflation, and unemployment as its concerns for the discussion. 

The meeting was attended by political leaders like Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Ramnath Thakur, Harsimrat Kaur, Farooq Abdullah, and Sanjay Singh among others. 

Notably, In the Winter Session of Parliament, which begins on December 7, the Narendra Modi-led government plans to present 16 new bills, including the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022, and the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2022. Some of the bills have already been passed by either of the Houses or have been reviewed by Parliamentary committees, and will be taken up for passage in the winter session starting Wednesday. 

There will be a total of 17 working days, and the winter session will go on till December 29, 2022.