Modi tells parties to give concrete solutions.
New Delhi: On the eve of the Budget Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged to all political parties to prevent “tokenism” in different parliamentary committees and to offer concrete solutions to issues of national importance brought before these panels. His comments are significant in view of the government’s determination to push through the Triple Talaq Bill, which the Opposition wants it to be sent to a select committee.
On Sunday, the government made a fresh pitch for the Bill’s passage in the Budget Session, saying it would talk to various parties to evolve a consensus on the matter.
At an all-party meeting here, Mr Modi appealed to all the leaders present to develop the committee system of Parliament as a role model of participative democracy.
The Opposition parties on their part raised issues like Jammu and Kashmir, Women’s Reservation Bill, crisis in the judiciary and the Scheduled Castes Bill.
The Budget Session will be from January 29 to April 6, with a recess in between. There will be a total of 31 sittings spread over a period of 68 days. The session will see the presentation of the Union Budget as well as the Economic Survey.
Among the bills to be taken up are the Consti-tution (SC/ST) Order (Amendment) Bill 2016, Factories (Amendment) Bill 2014, Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill 2017 and the Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill 2015.
