New Delhi, July 17
A day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, the government on Sunday said 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation in two houses of which 14 are ready, even as it asserted that it wants discussions on all of them in a democratic way.
After an all-party meeting here, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi also said some of these 32 bills have already been discussed by standing committees of Parliament.
“Thirty two bills have been indicated by various departments for being presented in this session of Parliament, of which 14 bills are ready, but we will not pass the bills without discussion,” he told reporters.
Joshi said the government had invited around 45 parties to the all-party meeting, of which 36 attended it.
“I am thankful to them for participating in the meeting. During the meeting chaired by senior minister Rajnath Singh, they demanded some of the issues to be discussed.
“Some of the issues that were raised included about the words that have been declared as ‘unparliamentary’ and it has been clarified that the compilation of unparliamentary phrases is being done every year for a long time,” he said.
On the listed business for the monsoon session that will start on July 18 and is scheduled to continue till August 12, Joshi said, “We have listed 32 bills so that they (opposition) are also prepared and therefore we are giving notice in advance.
