Besides the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the government also plans to convert two crucial ordinances into law during the session. This is the second Parliament session of the BJP-led NDA government which returned to power with a greater mandate in the Lok Sabha elections. In the session beginning Monday, the government is set to push for the passage of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, a key BJP plank which is aimed at granting nationality to non-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries. After the all-party meet on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, saying “We look forward to a productive Parliament session, where people-centric and development oriented issues would be discussed. ”During the session, a special joint sitting of the both the Houses has been planned to mark Constitution Day on November 26.

Source: The Hindu November 17, 2019 06:11 UTC