Trinamool leader Derek O’Brien in the Rajya Sabha. File.

Trinamool leader Derek O’Brien in the Rajya Sabha. File.
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With Delhi going into lockdown, a source said, “there is every chance that Parliament would be adjourned (after clearing the Finance Bill on March 23)”.

The Trinamool Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena on Sunday said their MPs will not attend Parliament when it reconvenes on Monday.  Sources said the House will convene on Monday, and the priority would be to clear the Finance Bill. “With Delhi going into lockdown, there is every chance that Parliament would be adjourned after that,” said a source.

While the Trinamool wrote a strongly-worded letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu, informing them of the party’s decision, NCP chief Sharad Pawar tweeted that he has asked MPs to help their constituents. 

The Trinamool’s letter has been signed by the party’s legislative