On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will respond to a Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha.

On the opening day of the Budget Session, January 31, President Droupadi Murmu addressed a combined session of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

On Monday, Prime Minister Modi responded to the Motion of Thanks for the President’s Address in the Lok Sabha.

During his speech, he stated that his government’s third term is imminent, and that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win 400 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party will win 370 seats.

“A Ram Temple of Lord Ram was created, which will continue to revitalise India’s wonderful traditions. Our government’s third term is almost here. The maximum number of days remaining is 100. The entire country is saying, ‘Abki baar 400 paar’. I don’t deal in figures, but I can sense the spirit of the country. It will push the NDA beyond 400 seats and give the BJP 370,” PM Modi stated.

“We all witnessed the eradication of 370. Article 370 was abolished in front of these many MPs and with their votes. Nari Shakti Adhiniyam became law during the second term. From space to the Olympics, there is evidence of the strength of women’s empowerment. People have seen projects that had been stalled for years getting completed,” he continued.

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address today, the Upper House will begin a general discussion of the Union Interim Budget 2024-25, as well as the Interim Budget for Jammu and Kashmir 2024-25.

Apart from this, as per the List of Business in the House for the day, Rajya Sabha MPs Harnath Singh Yadav and Ram Nath Thakur will lay on the table, a copy of the statement showing action taken by the government on the 62nd Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Food Processing on the action-taken by the government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Fifty-Third Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2

MPs Satish Chandra Dubey and Dr Ashok Bajpai will place on the table copies of the following findings from the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution (2023-24): Thirty-ninth Report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution (2023-2024) on “Regulation of Weights and Measures with Specific Reference to Dispensing Machines at Fuel Stations” pertaining to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs); and Fortieth Report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution

Union Minister of State for Coal, Danve Raosaheb Dadarao, will make a statement on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the 37th Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal, Mines, and Steel on ‘Import of Coal – Trends and Issues of Self-reliance (2022-23)’ pertaining to the Ministry of Coal.

The Budget Session, which began on January 31, will be divided into eight sittings over a ten-day period and may end on February 9.