STAFF REPORTER / NEW DELHI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the Government is open for discussion on all issues in the Budget Session of Parliament.
Addressing the all party meeting on the eve of the Budget session which is beginning tomorrow, Prime Minister urged the members to see how the country can gain from the prevailing global economic scenario. In his concluding remarks, Mr Modi welcomed the suggestions of most of the Members that the session should focus on the prevailing economic situation in the country.
He said, in the budget session and in the beginning of the New Year if the Parliament and the Members can give a proper direction to the country’s economy, it would be in the best interest of the country.
Mr Modi requested the Members to see to it that they contribute to increasing the productivity of the session and the Parliament. He said, in the last two sessions, the country saw the increased productivity and the great public response in favour of it. He said, as people’s representatives, it is the responsibility to increase the productivity of the House and discuss all issues with an open mind.
Government convened an all party meeting in New Delhi ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament which begins tomorrow.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, TMC leader Derek o’ Brien and NCP leader Supriya Sule attended the meeting.
Besides, LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal also attended the meeting.
The first phase of the Budget Session will begin with President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to a joint session of both the houses tomorrow. The Economic Survey will also be tabled tomorrow and the Budget will be presented on Saturday.
Talking to media after the all party meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, 45 bills are likely to come up during the Budget Session. He told that Prime Minister Modi said there should be discussion on all the issues.
Mr Joshi said, Prime Minister and Home Minister have appealed that no one should be on the road protesting against Citizenship Amendment Bill as no one is going to lose their citizenship due to it.