President prorogues Winter session

Winter session of Parliament was prorogued by the President today, paving way for the government to bring ordinances on certain bills which could not be passed in the recently concluded session.
President prorogued the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha a day after the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs recommended it to him.
The Winter session, the second phase of which began on February 5, was adjourned sine die on February 21.
This was was the last session of the 15th Lok Sabha as the country goes to Parliamentary elections shortly. This session will go down in the history as the most disrupted one with the pepper spray incident marking a new low in parliamentary conduct.

Disruptions were the order of the day, so much so that the Lok Sabha witnessed almost a full session being washed out on the issue of JPC in the 2G spectrum scam. This was unprecedented.
There was also uproar galore on the demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the coal block allocation scam issue.

The bill to divide Andhra Pradesh tested the patience of the House, unlike any other issue in recent times. Supporters and opponents of separate Telengana were at loggerheads on the bill.
Pushed by Rahul Gandhi, the government looks set to shortly bring ordinances on two anti-corruption bills along with four other legislations which could not be passed by the Parliament.

Once the session is prorogued, government is free to take the ordinance route.