Terming bidding farewell to the old parliament building an emotional moment for him, with a mind filled with memories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the Lok Sabha on September 18, the last sitting before the move to the new House, said that the biggest achievement of the Indian Parliament had been the ever growing trust of the people of India in that institution.
The Special Session of Parliament called by the government this week, will see the functioning of both Houses – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha – shift to the new parliament building that had been inaugurated in late May. Much has been speculated about the “real agenda” for calling the five day session, with the opposition apprehending that the government would be springing a legislative surprise on the House soon, with the thinking man’s bet being that this could be the Women’s Reservation Bill. The Bill is alive, as it was passed in the Rajya Sabha in March 2010, but a new Bill, introduced by the Modi government will need to go through both Houses of Parliament.
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