Month-long Winter Session to begin on Nov 16

October 19, 2016 15:11

The Winter Session of Parliament will commence on November 16 and is likely to end on December 16, it was officially announced today. This will be the 10th Session of 16th Lok Sabha and 241st Session of Rajya Sabha.

The Session dates have been advanced this time since in the past it was normally convened in the third or fourth week of November. The recent surgical strikes in PoK are expected to grab limelight during the month-long Session. Some parties have alleged that the government is trying to politicise it.

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