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Winter session of Parliament resumes today; Key legislations including Telangana bill to be taken up

The Winter session of the Parliament resumes today. This will be the last session of the current Lok Sabha. As many as 39 bills, including Telangana bill and six anti-corruption legislations, will be taken up during the session. Our correspondent reports that the last session of the current Lok Sabha begins today.

As many as 39 bills, including six anti-corruption legislations, have been listed in the 17-day session which is the continuation of the Winter session that ended last December. The session, convened mainly for the passage of the Vote-on-Account and interim Railway budget, will have 12 sittings between 5th and 21st of this month.

Crucial legislations like Communal Violence Bill, Disability Bill, Women's Reservation Bill and other bills passed by one of the two Houses are also listed for passage during the session. Our correspondent reports, the session is likely to be stormy in view of differences between Treasury and Opposition benches on bills and issues to be taken up for discussion.

While the government wants to push through six anti-corruption bills being pushed by Congress , the Opposition seems unwilling to cooperate saying that the general elections are round the corner and, therefore, the bills should be left to the new government. Telangana bill is also likely to create fissures among parties during the session.

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