Opposition plans adjournment motion on price rise Tuesday
November 21st, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The combined opposition is all set to press for an adjournment motion on price rise when the month-long winter session of parliament begins Tuesday, sources said.
The notice for the motion in the Lok Sabha will be given by Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurdas Dasgupta and is likely to be backed by the National Democatic Alliance (NDA) and other opposition parties, a Left leader told IANS.
The Left parties are also trying to get the backing of parties like the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) that support the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, he added.
Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj had said that her party would raise the issues of price rise, corruption and black money in the session.
At a recent meeting of the chief whips of various parties with Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal, BJP chief whip in the Lok Sabha Ramesh Bais said that the party wanted to raise the issue of inflation and black money.
Meanwhile, MPs from Telangana region are planning to raise the issue of separate statehood for the region, sources said.
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