Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking details of the government’s agenda for the upcoming special session of the Parliament. In the letter to the prime minister, Sonia Gandhi said the session was called without any prior consultation with the Opposition.
The government will hold a ‘Special Session’ of Parliament from September 18-22, parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi announced on last week.
In her letter, Gandhi wrote, “You have convened a special five-day session of the Parliament beginning 18 September, 2023. I must point out that this Special Session has been convened without any consultation with other political parties. None of us have any idea of its agenda.”
She added that the only information that the Opposition had received was that five days had been allocated for “Government Business”.
Gandhi said that the Opposition would definitely participate in the special session to raise public concerns. She wrote, “We most certainly want to participate in the Special Session because it will give us an opportunity to raise matters of public concern and importance. I earnestly hope that time will be allocated under the appropriate Rules for a discussion and debate on these issues.”
