Winter session of Parliament begins today

Winter Session of Parliament begins today, during the month long session, nine new bills including on GST and surrogacy regulation will be introduced in Parliament. Besides, Indian Institutes of Managements bill to confer statutory status to the institutes and competence to award degrees, HIV AIDS Prevention and Control, Mental Health Care and Consumer Protection Bills will be taken up for consideration and passing.

The session is expected to be stormy with opposition parties gearing up to corner the government on several issues including demonetisation of high value notes.Recent government decision to demonetise 500 and 1000 rupee notes has evoked



sharp reaction from the opposition, including Congress, Left, TMC, AAP and JD(U). They are ready to pin down the government on the issue.

Various parties have separately given adjournment notices in the Lok Sabha. They have also given notice for suspension of proceedings in Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue and highlight the plight of the common man.Surgical strike across Loc at terror launch pads, situation in Jammu and Kashmir and OROP for ex-servicemen are some of the other issues which will hog the limelight during the session. The government has already made it clear that it will not shy away from discussing any issue.