The Lok Sabha Speaker Mrs. Meira Kumar has called a meeting in New Delhi today of leaders of all political parties to finalise the agenda of the House for the Budget session beginning on Monday. The Congress Core Committee finalised its strategy for the session at a meeting of senior party leaders on Friday. <br/><br/>Parliament begins with an address by the President, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil to a joint sitting of both Houses. While the Rail Budget will be presented on the 24th, the General Budget for the next fiscal would be presented on the 26th. The BJP has said that it will raise the issue of price rise, internal security and India-Pakistan talks in today's meeting. The Left parties have also said that they will raise the issue of food inflation, apart from other issues concerning the common man.
News On AIR | February 20, 2010 9:00 AM
All party pre-Budget meet today