Monsoon session of Parliament to commence on July 17

The monsoon session of the Parliament will begin on July 17, the day voting for the Presidential election is slated to take place. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) meeting, chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday evening has recommended holding of the session from July 17 to August 11. The House may not function on the first day on account of death of two sitting MPs — Lok Sabha member Vinod Khanna and Rajya Sabha member Pallavi Reddy.

The session could be a hectic one, with 52 bills already pending before the Parliament, and the Opposition gearing up to take on the government on the issue of farm distress. Police firing on protesting farmers in Mandsaur, demands for farm loan waivers and ban on sale of cattle for slaughter are other issues that could see the Opposition up in arms.

The pending legislations included The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016, the Consumer Protection Bill, 2015, the Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014, among others.

Burning issues

The Opposition is likely to corner the government on the issue of distress in farm sector.
Police firing in Mandsaur, and ban on sale of cattle for slaughter are other issues that could see the Opposition up in arms.