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Parliament Winter Session 2023 is all set to begin today and the probe report by the Lok Sabha Ethics Panel in the 'cash for query' case against Trinamool Congress Mahua Moitra is also on the list of business, making it a contentious beginning of the session. Among the other bills that are scheduled to be tabled today include one to regulate the appointments of the Chief Election Commission and other election commissioners.

An all-party meeting, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was also held on Saturday for the smooth functioning of the session, which will have 15 sittings between December 4 and December 22.

Following the meeting that was called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi on behalf of the government, Joshi mentioned to the reporters that the government is always ready to discuss, on the floor of the House, any issue as permitted under the rules of the respective presiding officers.

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He also requested all party leaders for active cooperation and support for the smooth functioning of the two Houses of Parliament."We have said that we are ready for discussion, but they will also have to follow the procedure for a structured debate. This is the last session of the 17th Lok Sabha. So there should be a structural debate. Our request is that the House run smoothly," he said.

There are as many as 21 Bills that are listed on the agenda for the session, including the bills to replace the IPC, the Indian Evidence Act and the CrPC.

TMC leader Mahua Moitra (ANI Image)

Congress members said that they would raise issues concerning the people and demanded a discussion on the Ethics Committee report on allegations faced by Mahua Moitra.

"Congress does not believe in taking away the rights of Parliamentarians. Congress believes that the membership of those elected by the public should not be taken away by any committee. There should be a discussion on this," Congress member Pramod Tewari told the media.

According to the sources cited by ANI, Trinamool Congress leaders said during the meeting that the government does not share the full agenda at the all-party meeting and added that it "secretly added bills" in the middle of the last session.

They said that the three criminal law amendment bills should not be passed in the winter session as they have major ramifications. The bills should not be "bulldozed", the Trinamool Congress MPs are known to have said.

Meanwhile, the bills on the agenda of the government include The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and The Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.