Govt cancels winter session of Parliament on Covid's pretext: Budget session likely in Jan

(PTI) New Delhi, Ta. Tuesday, December 15, 2020

The central government did nothing similar to the way the government took a unilateral decision on agricultural legislation in the parliamentary session without asking the opposition. The winter session was canceled by the central government in the wake of the Kovid-19 epidemic and only the budget session was announced in January 2021.

Opposition parties were outraged by the government's announcement and the Congress termed the move a "murder of democracy". In a letter to Congress leader Ardhir Ranjan Chaudhary in the Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi The epidemic was at an alarming rate. We are now in mid-December and the covid vaccine is expected to be available shortly.

Senior Congress leader and chief whip in the party's Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh said Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House, was not even asked before the decision to cancel the winter session. In this regard, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, while attacking the Center, said, "By canceling the winter session, the government has undermined democracy. Competitive examinations can be taken in the Kovid epidemic.

Schools can be opened, university exams can be taken, rallies can be held in Bengal and Bihar, but the winter session of Parliament cannot be held. However, Prahlad Joshi said in defense of the government that we had discussed the decision with the opposition before taking it. Leaders of various parties also expressed concern over the current situation. We will now call the budget session in January.