Parliament LIVE updates: Winter Session begins today, Oppn likely to raise PM Modi’s Pak remarks

Parliament House in New Delhi. (Express File Photo/Ravi Kanojia)

The Winter Session of Parliament, which begins today, is expected to hold discussions on 25 pending and 14 new Bills that will be tabled by the government. These include significant legislations on instant triple talaq, GST and the Insolvency Bill. At the customary session-eve meeting a day earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought cooperation from Opposition for a constructive session. He also put forward his suggestion for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in order to maximise governance. The Winter Session, which generally begins in the third week of November, was delayed this year due to the overlapping with Gujarat and Himachal Assembly elections.

Parliament Winter Session LIVE updates

9.30 am: Congress leaders are expected to protest against PM Narendra Modi’s remarks on former prime minister Manmohan Singh. During the campaign for Gujarat elections, Modi had alleged that Singh and other Congress leaders collaborated with Pakistan to influence the Gujarat polls. Congress’s Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma said, “Either the government prove the claim or the PM apologise. Nothing short of an apology will satisfy us.”

9.15 am: Lok Sabha would be adjourned Friday after tributes to Trinamool Congress MP Sultan Ahmed, BJP MP Chand Nath and RJD MP Mohammed Taslimuddin, who passed away during the inter-session period.