Hope for the Farmers, Winter Sessions in Parliament begins today

The session will pass 36 bills including the repealing farm law.


New Delhi: The day has arrived to which the nation especially, the farmers were waiting. The Winter Sessions in parliament have begun and the main motive is the "repealing of the farm laws."  The session comprised of 25-days of discussions, during which 36 bills are expected to be passed. The opposition is likely to corner the government on issues including the Pegasus row and price rise.

According to the officials, In the 19 sittings of the Winter Session, the Modi government is expected to introduce 36 legislative Bills and one Finance Bill. 

 

The hot-topic includes the repealing of the Farm Laws is set to be discussed on the first of the session in the Lok Sabha. It will be introduced by the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have issued whips to their MPs to be present on the day.

 

Meanwhile, not only the Farm bill is there to be discussed but also the Govt. is set to talk about the bills that to be passed in the session. It will include the crucial Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021, and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill.

 

Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi skipped the all-party meeting. Denying it was a break in tradition, Parliamentary Affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said, "There was no tradition of Prime Minister attending the all-party meeting. It was started by Modi Ji".

 

Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress's leader in the Rajya Sabha, said they were expecting the Prime Minister to attend. "We wanted to ask more about the farm laws as there are some apprehensions that these three laws may again come in some other form," he said.

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