New Delhi: Issues like price rise, Maoist
violence and problems faced by farmers including sugarcane
growers are likely to be raised in the upcoming session of
Parliament which promises to be stormy.
A week before the start of the session, Lok Sabha
Speaker Meira Kumar today convened a meeting here of leaders
of all political parties to discuss ways and means to ensure
smooth conduct of the session.
"We look forward to a stormy session," she said adding
in a lighter vein "otherwise it will get very boring".
Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament beginning
November 19, she hoped that issues would be sorted out in the
month-long session even if there were "heated discussions".
She was answering questions from reporters after the
all party meeting whether she was apprehensive of a stormy
session in view of a variety of issues including price rise
being planned to be raised by opposition parties.
Kumar said the "character of democracy" is that
different stands are taken by different political parties and
those are discussed in the House.
She said she has been assured by all parties that they
would extend support in smooth running of Parliament.
Some members also wanted that government should ensure
a minimum 100 sittings of Parliament in a year.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal expressed
government`s readiness for such a move but asked political
parties to help it prepare the schedule.
Bureau Report
