Parliament monsoon session: PM Modi holds high-level meet; Amit Shah, Nadda and several others present
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
on Monday held a high-level meeting in Parliament, likely regarding the ongoing Monsoon session.
Several senior BJP leaders, including
Amit Shah
, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
Nirmala Sitharaman
, Kiren Rijiju, and Arjun Meghwal, marked their presence in the meeting.
"The meeting likely discussed and made decisions regarding the Parliament session," according to news agency ANI.
— ANI (@ANI)
The Monsoon session commenced on Monday and will continue till August 21, with a break from August 12 to August 18. A total of 21 sittings across 32 days will be there.
In his customary remarks before the session's start, PM Modi said, "This Monsoon session is a very proud session for the country. It is like a 'Vijay Utsav' (celebration of victory) for the nation. The world witnessed the capability of armed forces. They achieved their targets 100 per cent."
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