Pralhad Joshi calls all-party meeting on July 18

Union parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi has called an all-party meeting on July 18. The meeting is scheduled for 11 AM. According to the news agency ANI, an executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Parliamentary Party is also expected to be held on the same day. The floor leaders of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is also scheduled for the same day, ANI further reported.

The monsoon session of Parliament will start on July 19. It will be the first session after the second wave of Covid-19. It will conclude on August 13 with 19 days of business. Sources said that 17 bills are listed and yet to introducede in Lok Sabha, including and five bills for consideration and passage, and a similar number of bills are expected to be introduced in Rajya Sabha as well during the session.

The dates for the monsoon session were decided after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla took stock of preparations earlier this week. The timings of the session will be from 11 am to 6 pm for both the Houses. As of now, 444 members of the Lok Sabha and 218 members of the Rajya Sabha have reportedly been vaccinated against Covid-19.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will also conduct a meeting of the party’s Parliament Strategy Group today to discuss the various issues to be taken up by the party during the monsoon session of Parliament. The leaders will discuss the party’s strategy to take on the government during the session, people aware of the developments said.