Rajkot,
\nUnion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said Parliament sessions were often rescheduled to ensure they did not overlap with elections, and claimed the Congress had done so too in the past.<\/p>\n
On Congress president Sonia Gandhi\u2019s allegation that the government was \u201csabotaging\u201d the Winter session of Parliament, Jaitley said the opposition party had also delayed a session in 2011 and even earlier because the sittings coincided with election campaigns.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a tradition and it has happened several times that Parliament sessions are rescheduled when an election is happening,\u201d he told reporters here.<\/p>\n
He said the session would be held and the Congress would be \u201ctotally exposed\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Congress has given the most corrupt government in its 10 years of rule, while Narendra Modi has given the most honest government. By forcefully saying that a truth is a lie does not make it a lie,\u201d Jaitley said.<\/p>\n
He said the Congress had itself rescheduled Parliament sessions several times.<\/p>\n
\u201c(The) timing is decided such that they do not overlap with election campaigns. (Congress) did so in 2011, and even before that,\u201d the senior BJP leader said.<\/p>\n
The Winter session of Parliament usually starts in the third week of November and lasts till the third week of December.<\/p>\n
\u201cParliament session will be held for sure and on all subjects, and the Congress will be totally exposed,\u201d Jaitley said.<\/p>\n
Sources said the government was considering a truncated Winter session of around 10 days starting from the second week of December.<\/p>\n
Addressing a meeting of the Congress Working Committee in New Delhi on Monday, Sonia Gandhi said, \u201cThe Modi government in its arrogance has cast a dark shadow on India\u2019s parliamentary democracy by sabotaging the Winter session of Parliament on flimsy grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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