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Winter Session of Parliament starts today

| @indiablooms | Nov 18, 2019, at 08:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Winter Session of the Parliament is all set to start from Monday.

The session might be stormy as ahead of it a tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena emerged over the Maharashtra polls.

Shiv Sena has been allotted the Opposition benches in the Parliament.

As 18 Shiv Sena MP's joined the opposition benches so the strength of the side had crossed 200-mark.

The party has 3 MPs in Rajya Sabha.

Narendra Modi attended the All Parties Leaders meeting here.

Leaders from all major political parties were present on this occasion and they put forth their views on the upcoming session of Parliament.

In his remarks, Prime Minister observed that this session of the Parliament will be a special occasion for it will mark the 250th session of the Rajya Sabha and expressed his happiness that special events and activities were being planned to mark this occasion.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the 250th session of the Upper House provided a unique opportunity for highlighting the unique strengths of the Indian Parliament as well as the Indian Constitution, in providing an overarching framework of governance institutions for a diverse country like India.

The backdrop of the session being held as India celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi also made it a unique and special occasion. 

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