Issues like price rise, Maoist violence and problems faced by farmers including sugarcane growers, are likely to be raised in the upcoming session of Parliament which, in the words of Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, promises to be "stormy".
A week before the start of the session, Kumar today convened a meeting here of leaders of all political parties to discuss ways and means to ensure smooth conduct of the session.
"We look forward to a stormy session otherwise it will get very boring," she said indicating that heated discussions were better than a dull Parliament.
Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament beginning November 19 she hoped that issues would be sorted out in the month-long session even if there were "heated discussions".
She was answering questions from reporters after the all party meeting whether she was apprehensive of a stormy session in view of a variety of issues including price rise being planned to be raised by opposition parties.
Kumar said that the "character of democracy" is that different stands are taken by different political parties and those are discussed in the House.
She said she has been assured by all parties that they would extend support in smooth running of Parliament.
Some members also wanted that government should ensure a minimum 100 sittings of Parliament in a year.
Parliamentary affairs minister PK Bansal expressed government's readiness for such a move but asked political parties to help it prepare the schedule. Among those who attended the meeting were Leader of the Opposition LK Advani, JD-S chief HD Deve Gowda, RLD leader Ajit Singh, SP leader Reoti Raman Singh, CPI-M's Basudeb Acharia and CPI's Gurudas Dasgupta.
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