Covid surge in Delhi casts shadow on winter session

Amid mounting speculation about the schedule of the winter session of Parliament — where it will be delayed or even merged with the Budget session — due to the third Covid wave in Delhi, sources said at least in the case of Rajya Sabha, it won’t be a first, if the session is skipped or clubbed. The delayed monsoon session held in the midst of the pandemic had seen a rise in infections among MPs and Parliament staff with Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu himself coming down with the infection soon after the session.