New Delhi: With just two days remaining for Parliament’s budget session to conclude and both the Houses hardly being able to transact any major business due to opposition parties protest over various issues, leaders of more than a dozen opposition parties on Wednesday met Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to demand a discussion on key issues of national importance.
The Congress suggested that it would not mind if the session was extended by a day or two as on issues like the SC/ST Act, the CBSE paper leak and the PNB bank fraud need to be debated.
While the Rajya Sabha witnessed 10 adjournments before it was adjourned for the day, the Lok Sabha proceedings were disrupted for the 20th consecutive day due to protests by AIADMK members seeking early constitution of the Cauvery water management board. Later, the opposition leaders met to discuss the lack of discussion.
