Om Birla calls for meaningful contributions ahead winter session of Parliament

Ahead of the 6th Session of the 18th Lok Sabha Speaker of the Lower House Om Birla on Monday called on Members of Parliament to actively participate in the session emphasising the role of Parliament as the supreme forum for representing the nations aspirations and upholding democratic valuesIn a post on X ahead of the session also known as the winter session of the parliament Birla said that the Parliament serves as a platform for the expression of peoples expectations the collective responsibility of elected representatives and the spirit of democratic governanceHe further highlighted that each session guides MPs towards duty restraint and public welfare deepening the essence of peoples representationThe sixth session Winter Session of the 18th Lok Sabha is commencing today Parliament is the supreme forum for the expression of the nations expectations the peoples aspirations democratic values and the collective responsibility of elected representatives Each session of Parliament also orients us towards the inspiration of duty restraint and public welfare which deepens the spirit of peoples representation Birla stated in his postHe further urged the lawmakers to uphold parliamentary traditions to enhance the customs of democracy and by actively participating contribute significantly to the success of the sessionIt is hoped that all honourable members will strengthen the healthy traditions of democracy and make a meaningful contribution to making this session productive through their active participation the post addedThe 6th Session of the 18th Lok Sabha and the 269th Session of the Rajya Sabha will commence on Monday December 1 at 11 am marking the beginning of the Winter Session of ParliamentFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to introduce the Central Excise Amendment Bill 2025 today aimed at amending the Central Excise Act 1944In addition the Finance Minister could also introduce the Health Security and National Security Cess Bill 2025 to augment the resources for meeting expenditure on national security and for public health and to levy a cess for this on the machines installed or other processes undertaken by which specified goods are manufactured and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto the list of businesses saidThe Bill has been allocated six hours for discussion in the Lok SabhaThe government is also likely to introduce the Manipur Goods and Services Tax Second Amendment Bill 2025 which has been allocated three hours for discussionAhead of the session Prime Minister Narendra Modi will brief accredited media representatives at 10 am at Hans Dwar Parliament House on the opening day of the Sixth Session of the Eighteenth Lok SabhaSuch briefings by the Prime Minister traditionally set the tone for the legislative and political agenda of the sessionAs per the list of businesses the day will begin with obituary references to former BJP MPs Col Retd Sona Ram Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Malhotra former Congress MP Ravi Naik and actorturnedpolitician and former BJP MP DharmendraThe government has listed 13 Bills for consideration during the Winter Session many of which have not been examined by a Standing CommitteeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever