All party meet underway ahead of Winter Session

November 17, 2019 11:30

The all-party meeting convened by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi commenced in New Delhi on Sunday, a day ahead of the winter session of the Parliament.Union Ministers Amit Shah, Thawarchand Gehlot, V Muraleedharan and Arjun Ram Meghwal arrived at the Parliament Library Building for the meeting convened by Joshi for the leaders of parties in the House.

Opposition leaders such as Telugu Desam Party's Jaydev Galla, Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Satish Chandra Mishra of the Bahujan Samaj Party are participating in the meeting.

Trinamool Congress lawmakers Derek O'Brien and Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Lok Janshakti Party lawmaker Chirag Paswan, Republican Party of India leader Ramdas Athawale, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Navneet Krishnan and Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal-Sonelal are also present in the meeting.

Other leaders including Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Vaiko, T K Rangarajan of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, T R Balu of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party's V Vijayasai Reddy, Manoj Jha of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party are among those present in the meet.

While the government is expected to lay thrust on its legislative agenda, the opposition parties are likely to raise the issues of their concern.

The Parliament session will continue till December 13.

On Saturday, an all-party meet was convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ahead of the winter session in an effort to ensure the smooth functioning of the House. -- ANI

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