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Winter session of Parliament begins tomorrow; Govt convenes all-party meet

Ahead of Parliament’s winter session tomorrow, an all-party meeting was held today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Union minister Thawarchand Gehlot, Congress’ leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and deputy leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma attended the meet.
TMC leader Derek O Brien, LJP leader Chirag Paswan and Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, Telugu Desam Party Jayadev Galla and V Vijaysai Reddy were among those present at the meeting.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said a special joint sitting of both the Houses is scheduled on 26th of this month to mark the Constitution Day. Mr Joshi said, a special programme will be held at the central hall of Parliament from on November 26th.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, his party will raise all burning issues in Parliament and will extend cooperation to the government for the smooth functioning of both the Houses.
Leaders of different political parties yesterday assured Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla of all cooperation in the smooth functioning of the House. He assured that the opposition parties will be allowed to raise any issue after discussion in the Business Advisory Committee of the House.

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New Delhi, April 17 (PMI): Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday accused the opposition parties …