BJP's Pralhad Joshi's response to Sonia Gandhi, says you are trying to politicise…
Narendra Modi over not sharing its agenda for the upcoming special Parliament Session beginning September 18-22, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi' said that the Opposition is unnecessarily politicising the issue, adding that it will inform the public what is going to happen during the session. The Centre has called for a special session of Parliament for five days between September 18 and 22.
The development comes after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi listing nine issues for discussion and stating the government did not share its agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session. Pralhad Joshi said, "It is deeply unfortunate that you are politicising the work of our Parliament and when there is no controversy, you are unnecessarily raking it up.
We will mail the public what is going to happen during the five days of the session at an appropriate time". Reacting to Congress’s claim that the agenda of this special session wasn’t shared, Joshi said, “Never before, even when other governments were at the Centre, the agenda was circulated in advance.
Unnecessarily, they (Congress) are politicising the issue and that’s really unfortunate." "As you are aware, Parliament sessions are held regularly in compliance with the constitutional mandate under Article 85, which provides that the President may, from time to time, convene each House of Parliament at such time and place as he thinks fit. Shall convene a meeting, but there shall not be an interval of six months between its last meeting in one session and the date fixed for its first meeting in the next session," the letter stated.
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