All-party meet on Nov 28 ahead of Parliament's winter session, PM likely to attend

The winter session of Parliament is scheduled to commence from November 29

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Winter Session is being seen as the last full session of Parliament before the Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held in May next year.

The bill, which has divided the political class and drawn criticism from several Muslim bodies, was passed in the Lok Sabha on December 28.

The senior Congress leader charged that the prime minister did not reply to issues raises by them.

The Centre is expected to table 25 pending bills and 14 new ones.

Many people are still practicing triple talaq, despite the Supreme Court striking it down.

The Winter Session of the Parliament will begin a day after the second phase of voting for the Gujarat Assembly elections.

The Parliament session, however, was duly convened on November 22 “as per practice” and adjourned on December 20 of that year.

Finance Ministry Arun Jaitley said the Winter Session schedule would be such that it did not overlap with the assembly elections.