The five days special session of Parliament from September 18-22 would be without Question Hour, Zero Hours or private members’ business.
As the President of India through a gazzette notified the convening of the Special session, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha secretariats said on Saturday mentioned the session will have five sittings and members will be informed about the provisional calendar separately.
‘Members are informed that the Thirteenth Session of the Seventeenth Lok Sabha will commence on Monday, the 18th September, 2023,” the Lok Sabha Secretariat said in a bulletin on Saturday. “Members are informed that the Two Hundred and Sixty First Session of the Rajya Sabha will commence on Monday, the 18th September, 2023,” the Rajya Sabha secretariat said.
On Thursday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi had announced a “special session” of Parliament for five days from September 18, but kept the agenda for it under wraps, triggering speculation. Sources in the Government said that the Central government Ministries and Department officers from Joint Secretaries to Secretaries have been asked to stay in national Capital and no engagements to be made outside their departments and that leaves should be avoided.