Uncertainty over winter session dates persists

Workers began their three-day protest on Thursday; another one lined up for Nov 20

Thousands of workers protested against Narendra Modi government's economic policies barely a kilometre away from the Parliament on Thursday, while a conglomeration of farmer organisations announced its plan to gather at the same location to highlight farm distress on November 20.

These protests had been decided months in advance to coincide with the Winter Session of the Parliament. But there still little clarity on the dates and duration of the Winter Session, which usually begins in the second or third week of November.

Opposition parties have expressed their fears over possibilities of the Modi government scrapping the session altogether or convene