Monsoon session of Parliament should begin on time in mid-July: V-P Naidu

Naidu, as chairman of the Rajya Sabha, has reached all members of the Upper House and is learnt to have told some that he hopes the session to follow 'normal schedule'.

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has said he expects the monsoon session of Parliament to begin around its “normal schedule” of mid-July.

Parliament has three sessions every year – the budget, monsoon and winter sessions. This year, the budget session was curtailed because of the coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and the lockdown that followed.

Naidu, also the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, has in the past few days reached all members of the Upper House, including the newly elected ones. According to sources close to him, some Rajya Sabha members enquired about the next Parliament session, and Naidu responded by saying that would depend