Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow, the government today convened an all-party meeting and sought cooperation from all political parties for the smooth functioning of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Briefing media after the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, 31 bills are expected to be taken up during the session. He said the government is ready for discussion on the issue of violence in Manipur.
   
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary said, his party will raise the issues of Manipur violence, train mishap in Odisha, flood situation, inflation, unemployment, and the situation on the Indo-China border among others. The meeting was attended by Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, Prof Ramgopal Yadav of Samajwadi Party, AAP leader Sanjay Singh,  M. Thambi Durai of AIADMK, Lalan Singh of JDU, Nama Nageswara Rao and others.
 
Meanwhile, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also chaired a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee ahead of the session.
 
During the session, important legislation including the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, The National Dental Commission Bill, National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill and  Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 are expected to be taken up. The Monsoon session will continue till 11th of next month and there will be a total of 17 sittings in this session spread over 23 days.