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 […]

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.
May the Winter Session of Parliament be a productive one. https://t.co/nsY4FNpxoW
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 18, 2019
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.