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Newly-appointed Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, Piyush Goyal, met former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress leader Anand Sharma and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar, among other opposition leaders, on Friday, ahead of the monsoon session beginning July 19.
Goel’s meetings with senior opposition leaders ahead of the Parliament session are being seen as an attempt by the government to seek cooperation from opposition parties. It is worth mentioning that Goel was recently appointed as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. He replaced Thaawarchand Gehlot. Gehlot was recently appointed as the Governor of Karnataka.
The monsoon session will begin on Monday and is scheduled to continue till August 13. In this session, the government has made preparations to introduce 17 new bills. Among these, there are three bills that the government has brought in place of the ordinance. Bharatiya Janata Party MPs will also introduce private bills on population control and Uniform Civil Code in this session.
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