Modi govt convenes all party meeting ahead of Winter Session of Parliament

The Winter session of Parliament will be held between 4 and 22 December, with 15 sittings, during which bills seeking to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act are likely to be taken up for consideration.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari and other dignitaries during the all-party meeting ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, at Parliament Library Building in New Delhi on Saturday | ANI

New Delhi: Leaders of political parties in Parliament are meeting here on Saturday to discuss the agenda for the Winter session of Parliament beginning Monday.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has convened the meeting which is being attended by senior leaders such as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Gaurav Gogoi, and Pramod Tiwari, Trinamool leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay, NCP leader Fouzia Khan, and RSP leader N K Premachandran among others.

The Winter session of Parliament begins on December 4 and will have 15 sittings till December 22, during which it is expected to consider key draft legislations, including three bills to replace the colonial era criminal laws.

The report of the Lok Sabha panel recommending the expulsion of Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra from the lower house over a “cash-for-query” complaint is also listed for tabling in the House on Monday, the first day of the session. PTI SKU RHL

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