{"id":316857,"date":"2019-11-18T06:23:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T06:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=316857"},"modified":"2019-11-18T06:23:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T06:23:30","slug":"expecting-high-quality-debates-says-pm-modi-as-parliaments-winter-session-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/expecting-high-quality-debates-says-pm-modi-as-parliaments-winter-session-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Expecting high-quality debates\u2019, says PM Modi as Parliament&#8217;s winter session\u00a0kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316858 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/N-Modi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/N-Modi.jpg 560w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/N-Modi-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>The winter session of parliament started today. Several bills are scheduled to be presented in the parliament, including the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ahead of start of the winter session, PM Modi said that there should be high-quality debates on all the matters. He said this is the last Parliament session of 2019 of the Rajya Sabha. \u201cDuring this session, on 26th, we will observe the Constitution Day, when our Constitution completes its 70 years,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMay the Winter Session of Parliament be a productive one,\u201d Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Sunday, Modi hoped for a constructive Parliament session. \u00a0&#8220;Had an extensive meeting with the @BJP4India\u00a0Parliamentary Party. Our Party will utilise the upcoming Parliamentary session to further our views on various developmental issues and contribute to transforming people\u2019s lives,&#8221; PM Modi tweeted after an all-party meeting ahead of the session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHad a very good NDA meeting. Our alliance represents India\u2019s diversity and the aspirations of 130 crore Indians. Together, we will leave no stone unturned in ushering a qualitative change in the lives of our farmers, youngsters, Nari Shakti and the poorest of the poor,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He further said, &#8220;Attended the All-Party Meeting earlier today. This time, we mark the 250th session of the Rajya Sabha. In both Houses, we shall have constructive debates on ways to empower citizens and further India\u2019s development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winter session of parliament started today. Several bills are scheduled to be presented in the parliament, including the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Ahead of start of the winter session, PM Modi said that there should be high-quality debates on all the matters. He said this is the last Parliament session of 2019 of the Rajya [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":316858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[12043,898],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316859,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316857\/revisions\/316859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/316858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}