New Delhi: The government is hopeful that the Monsoon Session of Parliament will begin on its normal schedule in July, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said Tuesday amid the second wave of Covid-19. Since the pandemic began, three sessions of Parliament were curtailed and the Winter Session last year had to be cancelled. Last year, the Monsoon Session, which usually starts in July, had begun in September.
Sources said the modalities of holding this year’s Monsoon Session are still being discussed. “I am hopeful that Parliament session will be held as per its normal schedule starting in July,” Joshi told this agency.
The authorities are confident of holding the session in July itself as most of the Parliamentarians, staff members of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats and other stakeholders have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine.
By the time the schedule to hold the Monsoon Session is finalised, the authorities feel that many among all those involved in the daily functioning of the Parliament will have taken the second dose of vaccine also.
