<span style="color: #222222;">Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu said that the government has recently reached out to both the Presiding Officers on holding the monsoon session of the Parliament. He said, the parliamentary scrutiny of handling the pandemic is on course.<br />''<br />''Mr. Naidu and the Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla have held several rounds of discussions on enabling the meetings of the Parliamentary Committees and the monsoon session of the Parliament in the present Covid-19 situation.  The last Budget session of the Parliament was adjourned sine die on  23rd March.  <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Mr.Naidu has hailed the role of the media for empowering the people with necessary information, analysis and perspectives about various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his Facebook post, he observed that without the pro-active and missionary role played by the media, there would have been a vacuum in the fight against the pandemic.  <br />''<br />''Mr. Naidu sounded caution about some sections of TV media noting that they should desist from hyping the situation. He urged the people to use social media for disseminating only authenticated information about the virus, instead of giving currency to misleading myths.</span><br />