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PM
hopeful budget session will be productive
Sunday February 20, 2011 05:56:30 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent out a message of cooperation
with the opposition to ensure a smooth budget session as he
attended the all-party luncheon meeting called by Lok Sabha
Speaker Meira Kumar and expressed hope that parliament's sitting
would be "fruitful and productive".
"We are looking forward to a fruitful and productive session of
parliament. Government, on its part, is ready to discuss any issue
that may be brought by the opposition. There are a lot of
important legislation to be passed, including the budget. Hence,
it is probably the most important session of parliament," he told
reporters soon after coming out of the meeting.
Manmohan Singh's confidence in a smooth parliament session comes
following the government indicating that it was willing to set up
a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to investigate the 2G
spectrum scam, an issue that previously figured in an all-party
meeting attended among others by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani.
The meeting is said to have discussed the modalities for setting
up a JPC. With the government ready for a JPC probe, talks are
being held on when to announce the decision, as well as the
composition of the committee.
The speaker is reported to have conveyed to the leaders on how
important it is for normalcy to be restored in parliament.
Earlier, at a pre-session press conference Friday, Parliamentary
Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the government would
in a day or two take a decision on the issue of a JPC probe into
the 2G spectrum scam.
The 23-day winter session in November-December last year was
virtually washed out as the opposition party members persistently
protested, demanding a JPC into the 2G spectrum scam.
Research groups have calculated that the national exchequer
suffered a loss of Rs.171 crore due to the disruption of
parliamentary work in the winter session.
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