The second-half of Parliament's Budget Session will start on Thursday and attacks on Indians in the US and the anti-terror operation in Lucknow will be raised by the Congress.

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge told media that the party will raise the issues of attack on Indians in the US and the anti-terror operation of Lucknow, in which a youth was killed, as well as the bomb blast in a train near Bhopal.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to make a statement on both issues on Thursday, according to informed sources in the Home Ministry.

Meanwhile, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that the government is prepared to take up any discussion opposition parties want.

The minister told reporters that pending bills, including the ones relating to Goods and Services Tax and Enemy Property, are among those on the government's agenda.   

"There are 20 new bills on the agenda of the government," Naqvi told media.

Leaders from different parties felt that the mood of the session will depend on the results of assembly elections in five states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur.