8 years ago
New Delhi:
Parliament was adjourned today after President Ram Nath Kovind's address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The budget session began today and will continue till February 13 with interim budget to be presented on February 1.
It will be the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha as the elections are likely to be held in April-May.
On the eve of Budget session, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday said all parties have assured their cooperation in smooth functioning of the house and urged the members to raise issues of national importance.
The brief session will have 10 sittings and the government is expected to make another push for getting the triple talaq bill passed in the Rajya Sabha, where it is pending.
