On Monday, when Parliament meets for the 18-day uninterrupted monsoon session, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be answerable for all the questions on strict restrictions imposed for 68 days during the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, excess action which has been taken by the police to enforce the measures, several guidelines related to the viral outbreak issued by it, the investigation in the Kerala gold smuggling case and a rise in crime graph amid the contagion.

Based on queries received from various members of Parliament (MPs), the MHA is prepared with a list of unstarred questions for the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

On the imposition of nationwide lockdown restrictions from March 25, Several questions are likely to be raised, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) guidelines issued by the ministry periodically, handling of lockdown by police, treatment of migrant labourers, individual restrictions imposed by various states and the stimulus package announced following the Covid-19 outbreak.

The MHA will also be answerable regarding drug trafficking in Bollywood. The question becomes apposite following the ongoing separate inquiries by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput (34), he was found dead in his apartment in Mumbai on June 14.

Some MPs will have to answer on the number of deaths in the police and central paramilitary forces due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

During the monsoon session, several issues which were raised in previous sessions will also be figured, such as the detention of political leaders in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, voting rights to west Pakistan and Bangladesh refugees, caste-based census, infiltration of terrorists via the India-Pakistan border, the impact of the removal of Article 370 from J&K, steps taken to check left-wing extremism (LWE) activities etc.

Some MPs will also raise other issues for the MHA such as an increase in online fraud, dissemination of fake Indian currency notes (FICNs), overpopulation in prisons and foreign funding of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Two junior ministers in the MHA, G Kishan Reddy and Nityanand Rai will answer most of the queries raised by the MPs, since home minister Amit Shah hasn’t been keeping well.

Two shifts have been decided for the two houses of Parliament to sit which starts from 9 am to 1 am and from 3 pm to 7 pm, because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Only those who have Covid-19 negative reports will be allowed to enter Parliament and wearing masks is mandatory.