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PM seeks cooperation of parties before
winter session
Thursday November 22, 2012 12:23:31 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
government was willing to discuss all issues in parliament, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday as he sought the cooperation
of all parties for the smooth functioning of the winter session.
Expressing the hope that members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok
Sabha would "come together and address the issues and challenges
that we face as a nation", Manmohan Singh said: "We are ready to
discuss all issues on the floor of the both houses."
Addressing reporters outside parliament ahead of the beginning of
the winter session, he appealed for smooth functioning of
parliament and said: "We all have an obligation, both in
opposition as well as in the government to work together to enable
our parliamentary democracy of which we are genuinely proud to
grapple with the formidable challenges faced by our country."
"Our country faces many problem on the economic front arising out
of the consequences of global economic slow down. We need to
create new jobs on a large scale to provide gainful employment to
our youth," he said.
There was, he added, the need "to increase investments in
infrastructure and social service like health and education to
accelerate the tempo of social economic growth".
"Our government is committed to these thoughts for success
requires cohesive collective action on the part of all segments of
our politics. I invite all political parties to join hands in this
vital national endeavour," he added.
The winter session ends Dec 20. With a shorter time-frame of 16
working days and a heavy agenda of 35 bills -- 25 listed for
consideration and passing and 10 for introduction -- the
government hopes it would be able to pass important bills,
especially those related to economic reforms.
The opposition parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
and the Left, plan to corner the government by pressing for a
debate and a vote on allowing 51 percent foreign equity in
multi-brand retail.
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