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No winter session of Parliament this year due to COVID-19, says govt

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No winter session of Parliament this year due to COVID-19, says govt
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There will be no winter session of Parliament this year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Tuesday. The Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that all the political parties are in favour of scrapping the session to contain the spread of COVID-19 and jumping straight to the Union Budget session 2021 in January. Pralhad Joshi confirmed this while responding to the Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary's demand for a winter session to discuss the farm laws 2020.
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Also Read | Airplanes will soon run on fuel made from ethanol and money will go to farmers: Nitin Gadkari No winter session of Parliament due to coronavirus, the govt said. Pralhad Joshi there will be the Union Budget session 2021 in January. Chaudhary had stressed the need to amend the farm laws 2020, which he stated that the laws were rammed through parliament by the government. "Various political party leaders expressed their concerns about the pandemic and opined of doing away with Winter Session. Appropriate to have Union Budget Session 2021 in January," said Union Parliamentary Affairs Min to Cong's AR Chowdhury on his letter on convening winter session of Parliament.
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No winter session of Parliament due to coronavirus, the govt said. Pralhad Joshi there will be the Union Budget session 2021 in January. Also Read | Farmers Protest in India against Farm Laws 2020: ‘Tractor to Twitter’: Farmer protest gets online push from Punjabis The Agriculture laws have sparked the current farmers' protest where thousands of farmers have gathered near Delhi borders demanding to repeal the newly enacted acts. No winter session of Parliament due to coronavirus, the govt said. Pralhad Joshi there will be the Union Budget session 2021 in January. Earlier, the Monsoon Session of Parliament was delayed due to COVID-19 and was held in September instead of July. The session was cut short by 10 days due to the prevailing situation arising out of Covid-19. Bathinda triple murder case: In a shocking incident, three family members were reportedly killed at Kamla Nehru Colony in Bathinda. The farmers' have been demanding to repeal farm laws 2020 i.e. the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. -PTC News-
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