Winter Session of Parliament To Begin Today

New Delhi: The Winter Session of the Parliament will begin today and continue till December 29.

In a tweet, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, there will be 17 sittings spread over 23 days. He said the government is looking forward to discussions on legislative business and other items in a constructive manner.

The leaders of all parliamentary parties met today for the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament under the chairmanship of Defense Minister Sh. @rajnathsingh along with @BJP4India Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha Sh. @PiyushGoyal for smooth functioning of the House. pic.twitter.com/87bYmOZhVt

— Pralhad Joshi (@JoshiPralhad) December 6, 2022

This will be the first session during which Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, will officiate proceedings in the Upper House.

Ahead of the Session, an all-party meeting was held in the Parliament Complex in New Delhi yesterday.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal, and V. Muraleedharan attended the meeting.

Congress Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, DMK Leaders TR Balu and Tiruchi Shiva, TMC Leaders Derek O’Brien and Sudeep Bandyopadhyay, CPI Leader Binoy Vishwam and Leaders of other political parties also attended the meeting.

After the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the government is ready to discuss any issue allowed by the chair in parliament.