Change of plan: Now Parliament not to meet on weekend

New Delhi: Both Houses of Parliament will not meet over the weekend as decided earlier, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Parliament had not met last Thursday and Friday due to festivals and it was decided that the two Houses will meet on March 28 and 29, Saturday and Sunday respectively.

Rijiju said members suggested in business advisory committees of the respective Houses that Parliament should not sit over the weekend.

Now Parliament will not meet on Thursday on account of Ram Navami and March 31 to observe Mahavir Jayanti.

He said the session will continue till April 2 according to the original calendar announced before the session commenced in the last week of January.

He also said there will be no private members' business in the second part of Friday and the government agenda will be taken up.