Five-day session of Parliament begins tomorrow, proceedings to move to new building Tuesday
Narendra Modi has often highlighted, including in the recent G20 Summit, the growing role of women in different fields in the country. Asked about the government's stand on the demands by various parties to bring the women's reservation bill in the five-day session, Joshi said the government will take "an appropriate decision at an appropriate time". In the last few weeks, several parties, including the BJD and the BRS, have demanded reviving the bill, while the Congress also passed a resolution for it at its Hyderabad Congress Working Committee meeting on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar hoisted the national flag at the new Parliament building on Sunday morning. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Joshi said that after a ceremony at the Central Hall of the existing building, the session will move to the new building. According to a Lok Sabha bulletin, the function will commemorate the rich legacy of the Parliament of India and resolve to make Bharat a developed nation by 2047.
The government's legislative business will commence from September 20 in the new building. All members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been called for a group photograph on Tuesday morning. The catering will also shift to the new building on September 19, the officials said.
Recently, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had given vent to the sense in the opposition about the session, saying the government could be having some "legislative grenades" up its sleeve. Commenting on the listed agenda, he had said it "is much ado about nothing" and all this could have waited till the Winter session in November. Various departments of parliamentary staff are all set to don new uniforms in a signal from the government that
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