NEW DELHI, Nov 15 - The government today braced itself for a stormy Winter Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow with the Opposition presenting a united face in seeking to corner it over the demonetisation issue calling it a �currency scam� that needs to be probed.
The Opposition also has a string of other issues like the surgical strikes across LoC, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, OROP and the plight of farmers to rake up during the session that will last a month. A demand for constitution of a JPC to go into the demonetisation is also on the Opposition agenda.
Ahead of the session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Opposition leaders and sought their cooperation in the fight against black money and corruption for which, he said, the demonetisation exercise was undertaken.
In his concluding remarks at an all-party meeting on the eve of the Winter Session, Modi spoke in support of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state Assembly polls. He pitched for state-funding of elections and asked parties to debate the issue.
The government is willing to discuss all issues and answer the questions raised by the opposition, Modi said, hoping for a fruitful session as he recalled the passage of the GST Bill in the last session with the cooperation of all parties.
However, an unrelenting Opposition decided to step up its fight against the government during the session. Presenting a united face, arch rivals TMC and Left parties and SP and BSP, got together at a meeting convened by the main opposition Congress to formulate a joint strategy. � PTI
