BJP no to shorter winter session of Parl

Government had made the proposal to allow parties to campaign for the December elections in Gujarat

GN Bureau | October 22, 2012



The principal opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday rejected the government’s proposal to either shorten the winter session of parliament or stagger it in two parts in view of the assembly elections in Gujarat in December.

The leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, announced that there was no need to change the session’s duration or dates (the session is one from November 21 and ends on December 21) as BJP did not foresee any hindrances because of the elections. Earlier, parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has called Swaraj up with proposal.

The government had suggested that the concluding day of the session be advanced to December 7, or that the session be staggered by one week in December. However, with the BJP veto, the session, in all likelihood, will commence on November 21 or 26 and continue till December 21.

BJP is looking at a hat-trick victory in the state.

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