Prime Minister NarendraModi today focused on positive and constructive debates in Parliament and said that his Government is ready to take on any topic as per the rules for the debate, a day ahead of the Parliament session.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister and the leader of house in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary affairs Minister Parlhad Joshi were present at the meeting.
Floor leader of more than 33 parties took part in the discussion.
From the Congress, MallikarjunKharge and AdhirRanjan Chowdhury – its leader in the RajyaSabha and LokSabha, respectively were present.
Floor leaders of all prominent opposition parties, including Derek O’ Brien from the Trinamool, Trichi Siva of the DMK, Ram GopalYadav of the Samajwadi party leader and Satish Mishra of the BSP were also present.
Apna Dal Leader and NDA ally Anupriya Patel and LJP Leader Pashupati Paras also attended the meeting.
The Government, talks about to bring in 30 bills, said that it is not running away from any question or discussion about the bills.
Inflation, the government’s way of handling of the second COVID-19 wave is likely to be brought up by the opposition leader during the Monsoon session. The Congress’s leader Rahul Gandhi, among other leaders, has been repeatedly criticizing the government over its COVID-19 management.Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday requested members of the Parliament to stand by people amid the pandemic and discuss all issue related to it in the house to address the concern of the citizen.