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The first budget session of the Narendra Modi government’s third term will commence on Monday the 22nd July 2024.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her seventh budget on Tuesday the 23rd of July.

By all accounts its going to be a stormy session one.

On Sunday the soon after the all party meeting the Opposition were quick to raise the issues of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak, alleged misuse of central agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and filling up of the Deputy Speaker’s post.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, said the Janata Dal (United) leader demanded a special category status for Bihar.

“The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) leader demanded special category status for Andhra Pradesh. Strangely, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader kept quiet on the matter,” he said.

It wsa reported that during the all-party meeting, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, deputy leader of the party in Lok Sabha, raised the issues of NEET, alleged misuse of central agencies like ED, CBI and the Deputy Speaker’s post.

Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Ram Gopal Yadav raised the issue of nameplates on food shops on the Kanwar route in Uttar Pradesh.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel said, “All parties have given their suggestions on the Budget Session. Many parties raised issues of their respective states. What I have suggested is that the session should run smoothly without any interruptions, which has become a tradition now to interrupt and create chaos.”

“On behalf of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), we have placed several demands in the all-party meeting… Odisha has been deprived of the special category status for more than two decades,” said BJD MP Dr Sasmit Patra after the meeting.

The meeting was chaired by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju organised the meeting with floor leaders from various political parties to discuss the issues they plan to address during the Session.

“It’s the responsibility of both the government and the Opposition to run Parliament smoothly,” said Rijiju.

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda, Jairam Ramesh and K. Suresh of the Congress, Asaduddin Owaisi of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Abhay Kushwaha, Janata Dal (United)‘s Sanjay Jha and Aam Aadmi Party’s Sanjay Singh and other leaders of Opposition parties were present at the meeting.

If all goes smoothly the Budget Session will have 19 sittings till 12th of August. The treasury benches are reported to be have decided to present six Bills during the session.