New Delhi Before the start of the budget session of Parliament, the Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group held a meeting under the chairmanship of interim president Sonia Gandhi through video conferencing on Friday.
According to sources in the meeting, it was decided in the meeting that issues like relief package to the victims of Corona virus disease (Kovid-19), disinvestment of Air India, inflation, border dispute with China and farmers’ concerns would be raised. upcoming session. It was also decided that the Congress would coordinate with like-minded parties on issues.
Sources said that it has also been decided to coordinate with like-minded parties on these issues. This decision was supported by Sonia Gandhi.
AK Antony, KC Venugopal, Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi, K Suresh, Jairam Ramesh, Manickam Tagore and Manish participated in the meeting chaired by Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Tiwari attended the meeting.
Parliament session will begin amid campaigning for assembly elections in five states.
President Ram Nath Kovind will address the joint sitting of both the houses on January 31 and the Union Budget will be presented on February 1.
The Rajya Sabha is likely to function from 10 am to 3 pm on working days, while the Lok Sabha will function from 4 pm to 9 pm.
The first part of the budget session will start from January 31 and will continue till February 11. The second part of the budget session will run from March 14 to April 8.
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