Political parties demand early adjournment of first half of budget session
New Delhi, Jan 31: The political parties have demanded Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to adjourn the first half of the 2023 budget session on February 10, ANI reported citing sources.
The report claims that the parties asked the Speaker to conclude the first part of the Budget session by February 10 during Lok Sabha Business Advisory Committee as the debate on the President's address and presentation of the budget will come to an end on February 10.
"The Speaker said he will convey this to the government which will revert on it," sources informed the news agency.
The budget session in Parliament was formally kicked off with President Draupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at the Central Hall of Parliament.
Ahead of the 2023 Union Budget, the Economic Survey was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. The budget session will take place in 27 sittings till April 6 with a month-long recess to examine the budget papers, ANI reported.
It has to be noted that the first part of the budget session will witness a discussion on Motion of Thanks to the President Address and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the debate in both the houses - Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
While the first part of the session will end on February 13, the second is scheduled to commence on March 12 and conclude on April 6.
As per the reports, 26 Bills are pending in the Rajya Sabha and nine in the Lok Sabha.
President's
Address
Earlier,
President
Draupadi
Murmu
praised
the
Indian
government
for
working
for
all
classes
without
any
discrimination.
"My
decisive
government
has
always
kept
the
country's
interest
paramount
and
shown
the
willpower
to
completely
transform
the
policies
and
strategies
when
required.
From
surgical
strike
to
a
firm
crackdown
on
terrorism,
from
a
befitting
response
to
every
misadventure
from
LoC
to
LAC,
from
abrogation
of
Article
370
to
triple
talaq,
my
government
has
been
recognised
as
a
decisive
government,"
she
said.