The five-day Special Session of Parliament beginning on September 18, has been called following all rules and regulations and it is “deeply unfortunate” that the Congress is unnecessarily raking up a controversy, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi wrote in a letter to Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Earlier on Wednesday, Ms. Gandhi in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had complained about lack of consultations before calling the session. Retorting to this allegation, Mr. Joshi said that consultations are never done for calling a Parliament session.
The Constitution, he pointed out, only says that the gap between two sessions should not exceed six months. “It is deeply unfortunate that you are politicising the work of our Parliament too and raking up controversy where none exists,” he said.
