ADHIR URGES PRESIDENT TO CONVENE URGENT HOUSE SESSION ON COVID CRISIS

NEW DELHI: Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written to President Ram Nath Kovind for convening an urgent session of Parliament to discuss the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country.

In his letter to the president, Chowdhury said it is important to convene a Parliament session in order to find a way to ease the lives of people suffering from novel coronavirus, as infections continue to surge.

He described the pandemic situation in the country as grave and said there is a need to find a national solution to handle the issue.

“In this critical situation I would urge your kind conscience to convene a special (COVID crisis) session of Parliament because India consists of a number of constituencies and each member of Parliament representing his/her constituency from respective state has some say about the condition of people therein and in order to find a way to ease the lives of suffering people,” he said in his letter.

The decision to convene a special session of Parliament was taken at a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party consisting of all party Members of Parliament (MPS) on Friday.