The Winter Session of Parliament is set to begin today in which various bills, including the Waqf Act (Amendment) Bill, will be discussed. The session is scheduled to run till December 20. As per the information, the government has listed 16 bills for consideration in the session. There will be no sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on November 26, to commemorate “Constitution Day” as per a statement.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move several Bills, including The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, which aims to amend the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, in addition with the Banking Regulation Act, the State Bank of India Act.
The Finance Minister will also move Bills to amend the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, of 1970, and the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, of 1980 be taken into consideration.
According to the list of business for Lok Sabha, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will move the Railways (Amendment) Bill, further to amend the Railway Act, 1989. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, pending in Lok Sabha, has also been listed for consideration and passage after a report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is submitted in the lower house.
Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), as well as the Ministry of Education, will make a statement regarding the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 56th Report of the Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development on implementation of Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) Project concerning the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, Congress MP Manickam Tagore stated that leaders of the I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders are meeting at the residence of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge to strategise. Tagore emphasised that during yesterday’s all-party meeting, the INDIA alliance raised concerns over the Adani scandal, which is reportedly worth over Rs 25,000 crore.
During the Winter Session of Parliament, Congress is expected to prioritise discussions on the Manipur crisis and alleged bribery charges against the Adani Group. These issues are likely to feature prominently in the opposition’s strategy as they aim to hold the government accountable on key matters of public and political interest.
