lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has convened an all-party meeting on January 30 ahead of the Budget session.
The Budget session of Parliament is to start from January 31 and the Union Budget will be presented on February 1.
The all-party meet will discuss various issues that may come up before the sessions and ways to ensure its smooth run.
While the session will begin with the President’s address to the joint sitting of the two Houses, the same day the pre-budget economic survey will be tabled. The practice of separate railway budget presentation is being scrapped from this year. The railway estimates will be part of the Union budget.
Opposition parties have raised objections to the presentation of the Budget on February 1 before Assembly polls in five States on the ground that it will tilt the balance in Government’s favour because it can woo voters with sops.
They have petitioned the Election Commission, which has in turn asked the Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha to give the Government’s response.