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. He appealed to the opposition parties for their cooperation on such an important issue.
 
During the meeting, several opposition leaders raised their demand to discuss the Manipur violence in Parliament. 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. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 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 during the Monsoon Session. After the meeting, Sanjay Singh of Aam Adami Party said, several opposition parties will strongly oppose the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill 2023.
 
Meanwhile, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also chaired a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee ahead of the session. He said, leaders of all parties have assured cooperation in the proceedings of the House.
 
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. During the session, important legislation including the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill 2023, the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, The National Dental Commission Bill, the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill and the Railways (Amendment) Bill are expected to be taken up.