Government faces discomfiture over absence of Monday's agenda

NEW DELHI: Government today faced discomfiture in the Lok Sabha with Opposition seeking to know the agenda for Monday at a time when there is not much clarity on official business.

Making common cause, Congress and Trinamool Congress wanted the Chair to tell the government to inform the House about the agenda for Monday.

Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of Congress in the House and Saugata Roy of TMC raised the issue repeatedly.

"It's Friday, we are unaware of Monday's business. There is no agenda...there is no meeting. Somebody from the government must say something," Kharge said.

The issue was raised by Roy who was earlier seen confabulating with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and later with Kharge.

In the zero hour too, Kharge had sought to raise the issue but was not heard in the din.

Ratna De Nag, who was in the Chair, said it was only a convention to provide agenda and not mandatory for the government.

Till this evening, the agenda for Monday was not listed on the Lok Sabha website.