Govt Convenes All-Party Meeting On July 21 To Set Tone For Budget Session, TMC To Skip

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju will host an All-Party Meeting on July 21 to discuss the upcoming Budget Session, which begins on July 22 and ends on August 12.

File photo of Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju

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Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju will convene an All-Party Meeting with floor leaders from both houses of Parliament ahead of the upcoming Budget Session. Scheduled for 11 A.M. on July 21 at the Main Committee Room, Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi, the meeting aims to discuss the agenda for the Budget Session. This information was released by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

The Budget Session is set to commence on July 22 and is expected to conclude on August 12, subject to the demands of Government Business. 

Notably, this will be the first time Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition, will attend the customary pre-session meeting if he chooses to do so. However, the Trinamool Congress has announced that no representatives from their party will attend the meeting as July 21 is observed as Martyrs' Day by the party, news agency PTI reported. This day commemorates the memory of 13 Congress supporters who were killed in police firing during a march to the state secretariat in 1993, when the CPI(M)-led Left Front was in power in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee, then the state Youth Congress chief, has continued to mark the day with a rally every year, even after forming the Trinamool Congress in 1998.

FM Nirmala Sithraraman To Present A Full Budget In Parliament

The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on July 22 and will conclude on August 12. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju confirmed this earlier, stating, "Hon’ble President of India, on the recommendation of the Government of India, has approved the proposal for summoning both Houses of Parliament for the Budget Session, 2024 from 22nd July 2024 to 12th August 2024 (subject to exigencies of Parliamentary Business). Union Budget 2024-25 will be presented in Lok Sabha on 23rd July 2024."

Having presented an interim budget earlier, Sitharaman will now present a full budget aimed at focusing on economic growth and job creation under the Modi 3.0 government.