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LS speaker calls all-party meet before budget session

February 19, 2013 11:07 IST
Source: ANI

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has convened an all-party meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday to ensure smooth functioning of the Budget Session of Parliament, which begins on February 21.

The sessions is expected to be tumultuous with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led opposition all set to corner the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on a number of issues, including the AgustaWestland chopper deal.

The Budget Session begins with the address of President Pranab Mukherjee to the joint sitting of Parliament.

The rail budget will be presented on February 26 and economic survey will be tabled the next day. Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the General Budget on February 28.

Source: ANI

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