MPs to get four-day leave for Holi

New Delhi: Parliamentarians will have a four-day weekend on Holi beginning March 5. [caption id=“attachment_2127787” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AFP.[/caption] Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced a holiday March 5 (Thursday) saying the proceedings listed for the day will not take place. Holi will be celebrated March 6, a Friday. Shortly after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley completed the presentation of the budget for the year 2015-16, Mahajan said she received a number of requests from the members seeking that March 5 be declared a holiday. IANS