Budget Session Of Parliament To Begin From Monday
With the opposition looking ready to hit the administration on different issues comprising price increase, the initial day of Parliament’s Budget meeting on Feb 22 is likely to be a stormy affair.
The conference will start with the customary President Pratibha Patil’s lecture to the combined sitting of both the Houses on Monday.
The BJP, the Left and other parties have asked that a talk on the flaming problem of growing costs be taken up on the initial day of the 90 days long assembly on Tuesday.
The BJP and the Left parties have signaled interruption of proceedings in case the problem of price increase was not taken up for conversation on February 23.
Sushma Swaraj stated that if the administration agreed to a debate on the matter on the first day, there will be no disturbance.
In the meantime, CPI's Gurudas Dasgupta said that the Left would move an adjournment motion if this order was not heeded to.
Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party has endangered to bring a cut motion on administration’s demands for subsidies on the subject of urea price increase. Key UPA associates such as Trinamool Congress and DMK may back up his move.
Unfazed by the opposition anger, Dr. Manmohan Singh stated that the administration was prepared for talk on all matters.
The General Budget will be announced on 26th February, the Economic Survey on 25th and the Railway Budget on 24th February.
The session would end on 7th May. (With Input from Agencies)