Monsoon session plan: LS and RS to sit by turns, use each others' chambers

Venkaiah Naidu and Om Birla hold two-hour long meeting, inspect chambers and galleries of both Houses to take stock of seating capacity as per social distancing norms

With the government looking at holding the monsoon session of Parliament by the end of August, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday discussed the possibility of the two Houses sitting either on alternate days, or if on the same day, then one House sitting in the morning and other in the evening.

According to sources, such a plan would ensure social distancing as the two Houses would get to use each other’s respective chambers as well as visitors' galleries for seating of their members.

Naidu and Birla held a two-hour long meeting and also