Both the Houses of the Parliament will resume their usual functioning from Tuesday with proceedings beginning at 11 a.m., after a gap of two earlier sessions in which morning and evening hours were scheduled to avoid the spread of Covid-19.

With Covid cases again rising in the country, the move gives an indication that the second leg of the Budget Session may cut short its timing to enable the MPs from poll-bound states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry to take part in campaigning in their respective constituencies. The elections in these states will be held between March 27 and April 29, and the results will be declared on May 2.