All MPs to be requested to undergo Covid-19 test before beginning of Budget session

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday that All MPs will be requested to undergo Covid-19 test before the start of the Budget session and arrangement for the same will be made in the parliament premises from January 27.

Addressing a press conference about the commencement of the parliament session, Speaker Om Birla said all necessary coronavirus related protocols, including maintaining social distancing and sanitisation, will be followed during the session which is starting from January 29.

Om Birla chaired a high-level meeting of top government officials on Tuesday for holding the Budget session amid the pandemic.