The authorities has known as for an all-party assembly on Monday night – hours earlier than the beginning of a five-day particular session of Parliament summoned by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi earlier this month. The assembly could focus on the agenda for subsequent week’s particular session, which, sources had stated will begin within the outdated constructing and transfer to the brand new on September 19.

The particular session announcement was broadly criticised by opposition leaders for lack of readability on the agenda. Several additionally hit out on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for summoning MPs on a date that clashes with “India’s most important festival” – Ganesh Chaturthi shall be celebrated on Tuesday.

“This special session called during India’s most important festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is unfortunate and goes against Hindu sentiments. Surprised at choice of dates!” Shiv Sena UBT’s Priyanka Chaturvedi stated, whereas the Nationalist Congress Party’s Supriya Sule demanded it’s rescheduled.

Ex-Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, in the meantime, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “point out this special session has been convened without any consultation with other political parties”.

“None of us have any idea of its agenda… all we have been communicated is that all five days have been allocated for ‘government business’,” she informed the Prime Minister, urging him as an alternative to provoke discussions on subjects just like the centre-state relationship, the unfold of communalism and the long-standing border battle with China, which was exacerbated this month by Bejing’s new map.

Special Session Agenda?

Government sources had informed NDTV the session’s agenda could embody discussions on Amrit Kaal and on India as a ‘developed nation’.

Other potential subjects might embody Chandrayaan-3, India’s profitable Moon mission, and the broadly praised G20 Summit that was held in Delhi between September 8 and 10.

Significantly, the session shall be held days after the large row over the potential renaming of the nation to Bharat. Use of the latter identify in G20 invites from President Droupadi Murmu – the formal head of state – sparked controversy and sources have stated the federal government could, on this session, put ahead a decision to alter the nation’s official identify.