The Budget Session of Parliament has been advanced by a week and will now commence on February 16. The session was to have begun on February 23.
The change in date was announced by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee while briefing reporters on the deliberations of an all-party meeting convened by him to discuss the Supreme Court notice on the expulsion of tainted Members of Parliament.
Lok Sabha sources said the sitting had been advanced in view of the impending elections in four states.
The three-week recess has been curtailed to two weeks, they said.
The session would begin on February 16 and continue till March 17. The second part of the session would resume on April 3 and end on April 28, instead of third week of May.
The sources said the change in schedule was made in view of requests by leaders of political parties, who also wanted to end the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President's customary address to both the Houses, before the annual Budget was presented on February 28.
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