Modi 3.0 Budget session begins; Kumbh tragedy, Waqf on agenda

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Modi 3.0 Budget session begins; Kumbh tragedy, Waqf on agenda

Friday, 31 January 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Modi 3.0 Budget session begins; Kumbh tragedy, Waqf on agenda

Opposition parties at the all-party meeting on Thursday called for a discussion in Parliament on the Maha Kumbh tragedy and the UP government’s alleged focus on VIPs rather than the common pilgrims, as Union minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that the Business Advisory Committee will decide on the agenda of the Budget Session starting from January 31.

The Session will commence with President Droupadi Murmu addressing the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Union Budget will be presented on February 1. The first part of the session will conclude on February 13 and the second part will start on March 10. The session will conclude on April 4. The Session’s legislative agenda has 16 bills, including the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and the Immigration and Foreigners Bill.

In the same all party meet BJP’s allies in NDA Janata Dal (United) sought an extension in the tenure of the Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the bills proposing simultaneous elections, while its another partner, LJP (Ram Vilas), demanded a “special industrial package” for Bihar.

Rijiju described the meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as constructive and sought cooperation from opposition parties, adding that the customary discussions on the President’s address to parliamentarians and the Union Budget are the main priorities in the Budget Session. “Rising” unemployment and farmers’ “plight” will also be raised during the Session, several opposition leaders said.

 At the all-party meeting, sources said, JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha called for an extension in the tenure of the JPC, which was asked to submit its report by the first day of the last week of the Budget Session.

Jha is a member of the 39-member committee formed to discuss what is often referred to as a One-Nation, One-Election (ONOE) proposal. The panel headed by BJP MP P P Chaudhary is scheduled to hold its second meeting on Friday.

Jha also wanted Parliament to discuss India’s current position in Artificial Intelligence as he pointed out the waves that the Chinese upstart DeepSeek has created in the field, so far dominated by US firms.

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