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| Terrorism likely to dominate as Parliament meets today | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec 9: The Parliament is meeting for a brief session in New Delhi tomorrow and the scourge of terrorism is likely to dominate the proceedings. Reports suggested that the government is expected to seek a political consensus on initiatives to fight terrorism against the backdrop of recent Mumbai attacks.
The ten-day sitting, the third part of the session which began on July 21 for securing the trust vote, is being held at a time when the assembly election results have comes as a booster for the Congress that leads the UPA government.
With the Congress buoyed over the assembly poll outcome, the ruling combine could attempt to embarrass the BJP over its terror plank, which failed to have much impact in the assembly polls.
The government could come out with measures to put in place the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as also a legal framework to counter terrorism.
The highlight of the ten-day sitting could be the execution of the FIA proposal that may require the opposition backing in view of its implications on a subject of law and order, which is a state subject under the Constitution.
The new Home Minister P Chidambaram has already met Leader of the Opposition and BJP leader L K Advani in this regard.
Congress spokesman and Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmed hoped that the FIA would be formalised during the session.
Noting that the government is accountable to the people on the issue of security, BJP leader Muqtar Abbas Naqvi said that his party would ask for a detailed report on the preparedness of the government on terror front.
Samajwadi Party's Mohan Singh said the session is being held at a time when the BJP has received a setback even after raising the terror issue from "roof tops".
The session is also significant as it has come at a time when the global recession started having its impact on the Indian economy and the government is expected to apprise Parliament of the measures taken by it to tackle it.
The session is expected to witness discussions on issues with the slew of measures including special stimulus package coming in for scrutiny. The government is expected to come up with a fresh batch of supplementary demands for grants for approval of its plans to incur an additional spending of Rs. 20,000 crore as part of the package.
Both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are expected to be adjourned on the opening day as a mark of respect to late Prime Minister V P Singh, who died recently.
With Lok Sabha polls to be held early next year, a section of the political class believes that the session resuming tomorrow would be the last one before the polls but there is no official word.
Observers say that there could be one more session when the government could come to seek a vote on account for a few months since the Lok Sabha elections are due in April-May.
The new government, coming to power after the elections, may present a full-fledged budget later. |
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