According to sources from New Delhi ahead of the Budget session of Parliament beginning on Monday, representatives of the Government and the opposition met in Parliament House on Sunday to discuss the issues and proposed legislation which would come up. Earlier the session was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who urged the political leaders to ensure success of the Budget session.
Meanwhile the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told reporters after the meet that the issue of triple talaq, the minister said that the Government would do everything to ensure passage of triple talaq bill in the Budget session. Moreover he also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will leave no stone unturned in talking to and convincing the political parties on the issue.
Furthermore Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will
present the Budget 2018 for the fiscal year 2018-19 on February 1. Sources have
stated that on January 29, President Ramnath Kovind will address the joint
sitting of the two Houses while the Economic Survey will be tabled on the same
day. This will be the first Budget in the post GST (Goods and Services Tax) era
and the last full budget from Jaitley ahead of the general election in 2019.
