Climate change casts cloud over Budget session

As Parliament reconvened on Monday for the Budget session, the shadow of the recently-concluded election results in five states loomed large over the prospects of not just a peaceful session but also the fate of several reform-oriented decisions and bills which were to be taken up after the polls. A sense of unease about the new political climate is something the UPA leadership seemed to share even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hurriedly announced a dinner for UPA allies on Tuesday night in order to shore up confidence and numbers for the Budget.

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