Next parliament session likely to start from July 22

With the conclusion of the special session, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju attacked Congress-led INDIA bloc for disrupting the PM's speeches in both Houses of Parliament. The next session, in which budget will be tabled, is likely to start from July 22.

Addressing a press conference here, Rijiju said Congress and other Opposition parties had been allocated adequate time to raise all issues during the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address and yet they chose to disrupt the PM's reply.

"Some interruptions during the speech are okay but disrupting the entire two-hour speech of the prime minister by raising slogans is definitely not done. This has never happened," Rijiju said.

The minister said the government will never allow Congress strategy to stall Parliament proceedings to succeed. "We will continue to run the House as per the rules," he said.
Rijiju said the next session of Parliament will be a fresh session when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the general budget.

"We will have to call a fresh session. The current session will be prorogued and the Cabinet will soon decide on the dates for the new session," the minister said. Rijiju said Lok Sabha had seven sittings and registered productivity of 103% despite a washout on Friday. Rajya Sabha had five sittings and registered productivity of more than 100%.