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Government denies any plan to extend Parliament’s monsoon session
Government sources said there was no proposal to extend the dates of Parliament's ongoing monsoon session, which was scheduled to end on 13 August, IndiaTV News reported. The denial followed earlier reports…
Government sources said there was no proposal to extend the dates of Parliament's ongoing monsoon session, which was scheduled to end on 13 August, IndiaTV News reported. The denial followed earlier reports that the government was considering a special two-day sitting after the monsoon session to take up the Delimitation Bill and the Women's Reservation Bill. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju clarified that no special session was planned for 16 to 18 August on those bills. The report also noted a meeting between Rijiju and opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, and that the Rajya Sabha had separately passed a bill raising the Supreme Court's sanctioned strength of judges from 34 to 38.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The account carries a denial and no document behind it: the no-extension line comes from unnamed government sources, and the only named figure, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, is reported saying no special session was planned for 16 to 18 August on the Delimitation Bill and the Women's Reservation Bill. Sitting alongside it in the same report are a meeting between Rijiju and Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, and a separate Rajya Sabha vote raising the Supreme Court's sanctioned judge strength from 34 to 38. The monsoon session's scheduled close on 13 August is the date by which any extension would have to be announced.
Source: www.indiatvnews.com
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