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Ahead of the Winter session of Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday underlined need  for smooth proceedings in both the Houses and meaningful discussions during Winter session beginning December 1.

 

The Union Minister said, “the House should be allowed to function smoothly and that the government will keep on holding discussions with all the political parties to ensure smooth proceedings”, while emphasizing  the need for a smooth Winter session, assuring discussions with all parties.

 

The Business Advisory Committee will decide on the agenda, including the opposition's demand for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) discussion, following suggestions from an all-party meeting. Opposition leaders stressed cooperation for productive proceedings.

Asked whether the demand by the opposition for a discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has been accepted, Rijiju said the agenda of the session will be decided by the Business Advisory Committee (BAC), which will meet this evening.

 

After an all-party meeting convened ahead of the Winter session of Parliament, Rijiju also said that at the meeting, which was also attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Health Minister and BJP president J P Nadda and several opposition leaders, all parties have given good suggestions and the government has taken them positively.

 

“Parliament should not be stalled and it should function smoothly. Government will keep discussing with all parties to ensure smooth functioning of the House,” he told reporters after the two-hour long meeting.Trinamool Congress leader Kalyan Banerjee said his party was ready to cooperate in running the House provided treasury benches also cooperate with the opposition.

 

“Government should allow discussion on issues such as SIR. Forty persons have lost their life conducting SIR exercise,” Banerjee said.

Tiruchi Siva of the DMK said all opposition parties are unanimous in demanding discussion on SIR in the Winter session.The Winter session commences on Monday and will conclude on December 19.There will be a total of 15 sittings in the session which has been dubbed as a “brief session” by the opposition. Usually, Parliament sessions have 20 sittings.