Budget session likely to be extended

The Budget session of Parliament is unlikely to be adjourned sine die on Thursday as the government is planning to summon it again for two-three days in the third week of April to bring a bill to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816 so that 273 of them could be reserved for women, sources privy to the development said.
The budget session, which started on January 28, was supposed to end on April 2 but the government is contemplating to extend it for two-three more days, albeit with a gap.
As per the thinking of the government, on Thursday, chair of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are likely to adjourn the respective houses and make the announcement that it would meet on a specific date.
“The House will not be adjourned sine die but will be adjourned with the announcement that it will meet again on a specific date. We will meet again very soon, in this month itself,” a source said, indicating third week of April is the possible period of the two-three day sittings.
However, there is no official word on the government’s plans.
During the extended period, the government is expected to table the Constitution amendment bill that will tweak the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, commonly known as women’s reservation law, in Parliament.