Too little democracy

Postponing the winter session should have been avoided

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Parliament winter session | Coronavirus | democracy

Business Standard Editorial Comment  |  New Delhi 

The government has offered a specious reason to cancel the winter session of Parliament and club it instead with the Budget session in January 2021.

The threat of Covid-19 spiking during the winter months, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi said, had prompted the government to hold informal talks with floor leaders of various political parties to approve a postponement. Given that the monsoon session of Parliament was held around the time the number of Covid-19 infections was peaking — it crossed 80,000 cases per day just before the session was truncated by eight days ...

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First Published: Wed, December 16 2020. 22:20 IST
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