Land Bill battle begins: Rajya Sabha to reconvene from April 23 to May 13

April 07, 2015 13:29

Just in: Rajya Sabha will reconvene from April 23 to May 13, 2015. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs met today to take a call on reconvening the Rajya Sabha.

The budget session of Rajya Sabha was cut short on March 28 as the House was prorogued to pave the way for re-promulgation of the Land Acquisition Ordinance.

The Upper House of Parliament was in the midst of the budget session when it went into recess from March 20. The budget session was to end on May 8.

The bill on Land Acquisition, which provides for amending the Act of 2013, was passed by Lok Sabha during the first half of the budget session but it got stuck due to opposition in Rajya Sabha where ruling NDA is woefully short of numbers.

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