Govt to list priorities on first day, VP to debut as RS chair

THE Winter Session of Parliament will commence on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s customary address to the media. Newly elected Vice President (VP) CP Radhakrishnan will preside over Rajya Sabha for the first time.

- RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR & PARVEZ SULTAN @New Delhi

With Opposition parties already up in arms against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across states, Radhakrishnan will have the delicate task of steering proceedings smoothly amid their expected protests. The Opposition has already sharpened its criticism of the government after the Rajya Sabha Secretariat issued an advisory reminding MPs not to use slogans such as “Vande Mata