44 Bills in 16 Days of Parliament: Will Opposition Play Ball?

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who was also present during the meeting, said the government is likely to make a statement on the issue.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which disrupted the budget session demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the faulty allocation of coal bocks, has said it does not want to disrupt the monsoon session.

Kamal Nath said the opposition parties want to pass the judicial commission bill, which deals with appointment of judges, in this session.

The opposition wants debates on the land acquisition bill, the state of the economy, rampant corruption in the mid-day meal scheme, floods in Uttarakhand, the ongoing tussle between the CBI and the IB in the Ishrat Jahan shootout case and Chinese intrusions into the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.

The opposition leaders are also concerned over another Supreme Court order barring reservation in super-speciality courses in medical colleges.

While the BJP has demanded that the bill on the formation of a Telangana state be brought in the monsoon session, the CPI-M wants discussion on the government's recent move to allow more foreign equity in many sectors.

Kamal Nath said the monsoon session will have 16 sittings during which 44 bills are planned to be taken up for consideration while six are to be withdrawn and 14 are to be introduced.

The question is: How much can be achieved?

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