Pralhad Joshi responds to Sonia Gandhi's letter to PM Modi, says 'You are politicising functioning of Parliament'

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi responded to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a letter addressed to Gandhi, he said that it is unfortunate that she is trying to politicize the functioning of Parliament, the temple of our democracy and create unnecessary controversy where there is none.

The letter further stated, "As you are aware, Parliament sessions are held regularly in compliance with the constitutional mandate under Article 85, which provides that the President may, from time to time, convene each House of Parliament at such time and place as he thinks fit. Shall convene a meeting, but there shall not be an interval of six months between its last meeting in one session and the date fixed for its first meeting in the next session".

The letter further said, "I would also like to say that our government is



always ready to discuss any issue. By the way, all the issues which you have mentioned were raised during the discussion on the no-confidence motion during the monsoon session shortly before and the government had also responded to them." He wrote in the letter, "The agenda of the session will, as usual, be circulated at the appropriate time as per established practice. I would also like to point out again that in our parliamentary functioning, irrespective of which party is in government, till date the agenda has never been circulated in advance at the time of convening the Parliament."

Joshi further said, "I have full confidence that the dignity of Parliament will be maintained and this platform will not be used for political disputes. Additionally, I look forward to your full cooperation in running the upcoming session smoothly resulting in meaningful results in the national interest."