Convened primarily to approve the Budget for 2005-06 (April-March), the Parliament is likely to see stormy exchanges over value added tax (VAT) and other contentious issues. | |
| The Bharatiya Janata Party-led opposition National Democratic Alliance is likely to raise the VAT issue as the BJP-ruled states have refused to implement the new tax structure set up cross the country from the start of the month. |
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| Allies of the United Progressive Alliance government, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front is expected to rake the Gujarat riot issue. |
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| According to media reports, Gujarat additional director general of police R B Shreekumar told an inquiry panel that he was ordered by chief minister Narendra Modi of the BJP to "eliminate minorities" during the 2002 riots. |
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| NDA parties are meeting late Monday to chalk out their floor strategy for the second phase of the Budget session. |
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