Winter Session of India's Parliament Thursday Dec 05,2013 To Dec 16,2013

The session convenes on Thursday Dec 05,2013 and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is holding a meeting of all parties to try and ensure that there is minimum disruption.

The 12 days of the winter session of parliament promise some heat, with main opposition party, the BJP making it clear at an all-party meeting on Monday Dec 02,2013 that it will attack the government on a number of issues.

The BJP has demanded a discussion on internal security with special focus on the serial blasts in Patna just before its leader Narendra Modi's rally in October 2013. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said the BJP also wants discussions on crimes against women and the functioning of a parliamentary panel on the 2G telecom scam

The Left wants the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar two months ago discussed. And a debate on the economy.

The Govt also plans to push Bills like the Lokpal Bill and Women's Reservation Bill which have been passed by one House and now await the other House's nod.