PM Modi on Parliament’s winter session: ‘Want frank discussion on all matters’

Ahead of the
winter session of Parliament that begins today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is ready fordirect discussions on
all matters.

“We want frank discussions on all matters. It is important that there should be quality debates, there should be dialogues and discussions, everyone should contribute to enrich the discussions in the Parliament,” Modi told reporters.

The prime
minister said the last session of Parliament was phenomenal due to the support
of all MPs. “last Parliament session is an achievement of not only the govt or
the treasury bench but the entire Parliament,” he said.

The
government plans to pass at least 30 bills in the winter session that starts
today. There will be 20 sittings in this session which will end on December 13.

The
government has listed the Chit Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on the first day of
the winter session for passage in the Lok Sabha.

 The bill seeks to manage chit funds, and
states that a fund can’t be created without prior sanction from the government.
The bill be moved by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for passage in the Lok
Sabha.

The winter
session will open with briefed biography of two Rajya Sabha members, former
Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Ram Jethmalani and former external affairs
minister Sushma Swaraj.