Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to respond to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in Lok Sabha on Monday. President Droupadi Murmu addressed a joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on January 31, marking the commencement of the ongoing Budget Session.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a three-line whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs, instructing their presence on the fourth day of the Budget Session. Additionally, Lok Sabha is set to witness various agenda items, including the presentation of reports and statements by several MPs.

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MPs Ravneet Singh and Ramshiromani Verma will present the minutes of the twelfth sitting of the Committee on Absence of Members. MPs PP Chaudhary and NK Premachandran will present the 28th report of the Committee on External Affairs on countering global terrorism. BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar will provide a statement on the status of implementing recommendations from the Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles, and Skill Development.

In Rajya Sabha, the discussion over the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address is set to resume. MPs Ashok Kumar Mittal and Prakash Javadekar will present the Twenty-Eighth Report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs.

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Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav is scheduled to introduce the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024, in the Rajya Sabha to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

Meanwhile, the opposition Congress wasted no time in taking a jab at PM Modi’s speech, scheduled for later in the day, terming it an ‘electoral speech.’

Earlier in the day, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, while speaking to ANI, said, “In a vote of thanks, the opposition leader speaks first, and then the PM replies to it. It will be an electoral speech, and I do not expect anything from the PM. They will defame Congress and will not speak about Manipur, China, and rising unemployment… He will keep praising himself…”

The ongoing Budget Session, seen as the last before Lok Sabha polls expected in April-May, will span eight sittings over ten days, potentially concluding on February 9.