Some Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs want the winter session of parliament cut short by a day, but it’s certainly not theirs for the asking.
The session is scheduled to end Dec 21, a Monday. And the members want it to end Dec 18, a Friday. That’s because attendance in parliament is generally thin on Friday afternoons as members start leaving for their constituencies.
Apparently wanting to avoid a trip back to Delhi for just one day, some Congress and BJP MPs have informally conveyed the idea to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. But the government has so far avoided making a commitment.
And even if the government does consider it, the Left parties – which are vehemently opposing early curtailment of the session, even by a day – could play the proverbial thorn in the flesh.
