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New Delhi: Ahead of the winter session of parliament that is set to commence on Monday, the government held an all-party meeting on Sunday (November 30) in which the opposition parties demanded a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), national security in light of the Delhi bomb blast and rising air pollution among other issues.

The meeting was attended by Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and Bharatiya Janata Party president and leader of house in the Rajya Sabha J.P. Nadda on the government side, along with representatives of 36 political parties.

Following the meeting, Congress’ deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, said that it appears that the government itself wants to derail parliament by shortening the winter session to only 19 days.

“The government is insistent on ending parliamentary traditions. The winter session is only 19 days long, of which discussions can take place only for 15 days. This will likely be the shortest winter session ever. There has been a delay as........

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