Parliament passes bill to repeal three farm laws on day 1 of Winter Session | Highlights

Elamaram Kareem - CPM, Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, R Bora, Rajamani Patel,  Syed Nasir Hussain, Akhilesh Prasad Singh - INC, Binoy Viswam - CPI, Dola Sen & Shanta Chhetri - TMC, Priyanka Chaturvedi & Anil Desai - Shiv Sena suspended for remaining part of the current session. The MPs have been suspended for indiscipline in the last session of the House.

Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day amid opposition sloganeering over various issues.

Earlier, we had said that the govt will have to withdraw the farm laws, and today these laws were repealed. It is unfortunate that the farm laws were repealed without discussion. This government is scared of holding a discussion: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Rajya Sabha adjourned again briefly for 30 minutes till 3.10 PM

Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day amid protests by Opposition members over farmers' issues.

The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were adjourned for 30 minutes immediately after the Farm Laws Bill was passed. The Chair adjourned the House amid sloganeering by opposition parties. 

Bill to repeal the three farm laws was passed in the Rajya Sabha today itself immediately after it was tabled by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Earlier in the day, the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha amid din.

Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 tabled in the Rajya Sabha. The bill was tabled by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. The bill was cleared by the Lok Sabha earlier in the day. 

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu today urged members of the House to ensure ‘democratic & parliamentary space’ to enable a productive Winter Session and lamented the failure on the part of all concerned to introspect over the unruly incidents during the last Monsoon session.

Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pm amid sloganeering by opposition parties. 

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 will be tabled in Rajya Sabha at 2pm today. The Lok Sabha cleared bill earlier today. 

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the issue of deaths of farmers and later, members of the party raised demands for measures to ensure the well being of farmers. Members from the Trinamool Congress, Congress and other parties trooped into the Well on the issue of farmers.

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 PM amid din as Opposition members sought to raise the issue of deaths of farmers during their protests against three farm laws, on the first day of the Winter Session. Speaker Om Birla requested Opposition MPs to bring the House in order to allow any discussion.

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill amid sloganeering by Opposition MPs. The bill was tabled by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

Trinamool Congress MPs protest at Mahatma Gandhi statue demanding a discussion over Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said that the government wants that there should be no protests in the country but we will not leave the protest site before any discussion on MSP including other issues.

Sunrise in Parliament must be in the name of farmers today, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday ahead of the winter session of Parliament. The former Congress president was referring to the repeal of the three contentious farm laws on the first day of the session. "Today in Parliament sunrise should be in the name of the æannadata' (Aaj sansad mein annadata ke naam ka suraj ugana hai)," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter using the hashtags #MSP and #FarmLaws.

Leaders of several opposition parties on Monday met in Parliament House complex and discussed their joint strategy to press for a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws and bring a law to legalise MSP to farmers. Ahead of the Winter Session in Parliament, leaders of 11 opposition parties met in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. However, leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were not present. They had indicated that they would not attend the meet. Among the parties whose leaders were present in the meeting included the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), IUML, Communist Party of India and CPI-M, RSP, Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD), National Conference (NC) and MDMK.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon after opposition parties created ruckus in the House. Speaker Om Birla urged the members to allow the House to transact business, but the opposition MPs didn't heed the Speaker's request. 

PM Modi holds a meeting with senior Cabinet members including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi. 

The Rajya Sabha Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting has concluded. In the meeting, the Opposition demanded a full discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the bill to withdraw the farm laws. The government said that when the laws have been withdrawn, there is no need for such a discussion.

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi leads the party's protest demanding repeal of Centre's three farm laws.

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi arrive at the Parliament as the Winter Session commences today.

TRS MP Nama Nageswara Rao gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the 'national policy on foodgrains procurement'.

Rajya Sabha MP and CPI(M) leader Elamaram Kareem has given notice under Rule 267 to suspend the business and discuss the "rigging of civic polls in Tripura by the BJP". 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the government is ready to answer every question asked in Parliament. Addressing the media outside the Parliament, he said that the discussions increase the trust of the people and improve the pace of development. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE 

Congress Lok Sabha whip Manickam Tagore said, "We'll demand resignation of Union minister Ajay Misra (over Lakhimpur incident)." He also said that the Congress will raise the issue of a potential third wave of Covid-19 and what the government's plans for the same are.

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh said his party will raise the issues of legal guarantee of MSP and the UP TET exam in Parliament.

Opposition parties meeting called by Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge underway in Parliament premises

 Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the Parliament as its Winter Session begins today, 26 new bills are on the agenda of the BJP-led government

Intelligence agencies have sounded an alert after Sikhs for Justice released an online video appealing to farmers to gherao Parliament & hoist the 'Khalistani' flag there today. Delhi Police & other agencies asked to remain alert and vigilant by the Intelligence agencies.

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh gives suspension of business notice under Rule 267 to demand 'discussion on the legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price for farmers'.

Leader of Congress Party in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury gives notice for suspension of Question Hour to discuss, 'Government to declare Minimum Support Price for all crops backed by legal guarantee'. 

Congress calls a meeting of its Rajya Sabha MPs today at the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) office. The Winter Session of the Parliament begins today. 

TRS MP K Keshava Rao gives adjournment motion notice in Rajya Sabha over 'discriminatory crop procurement policy of Central government non-procurement of crops from Telengana'

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, has called a meeting of Opposition floor leaders today. The Trinamool Congress has indicated that it may skip the meeting. 

CPI MP Binoy Viswam gives Suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha and demands a discussion on ensuring a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss 'to direct the government to create a record of farmers who lost their lives during farm laws protest and give compensation to their families'

Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha 'to direct government to initiate repealing of three farm laws & to announce compensation for families of 700 farmers who had died in the last one year during farmers' protest at Delhi borders'.

The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021, seeks to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, especially women and children, to provide care, protection, assistance and rehabilitation to the victims, while respecting their rights, and creating a supportive legal, economic and social environment for them, and also to ensure prosecution of offenders, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Other listed bills include the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2021, which seeks to "empower the Commander-in-Chief or the Officer-in-Command of Inter-Services Organisations in respect of persons subject to the Army Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957, and the Air Force Act, 1950, who are serving under or attached to his command, for maintaining of discipline and proper discharge of their duties". The Emigration Bill, 2021, will replace the Emigration Act, 1983 to establish a robust, transparent and comprehensive emigration management framework that facilitates safe and orderly migration. The National Anti-Doping Bill, 2021, aims to provide a legislative framework to the NADA for meeting the obligations of India under the convention and the obligations of NADA as a signatory of the WADA Code, as amended from time to time.

There is also a politically significant bill specifically for poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, to amend the SC and ST list of the state. It is being introduced just a few months before the UP assembly election is slated to be held early next year. Similarly, there is another bill to amend the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes list of Tripura. Then, there is the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021, to amend the salaries act of judges of the higher judiciary. The list of businesses also includes the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, The Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (Amendment) Bill.

According to the government's legislative business list for the session, three bills have also been listed to replace as many ordinances. These three bills are Narcotics Drug and Psychotic Substances Bill to amend an act of the same name, the Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill and the Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill. The Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill and the Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill propose to extend the tenure of directors of the CVC and CBI.

A report of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 will also be tabled in the two Houses during the session. The bill, seeking to provide for the protection of personal data of individuals and establish a Data Protection Authority for the same, was brought in Parliament in 2019 and was referred to the joint committee for further scrutiny on the demand of opposition members.

Besides the repeal bill, the government has listed 25 draft legislations for the Parliament session, including one to ban all but a few private cryptocurrencies while allowing an official digital currency by the RBI.

On the first day of the Winter Session today, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will move the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha. The government wants this Bill to get passed the same day after discussion.

The Winter Session of Parliament, which is likely to commence from Monday (November 29) to December 23, is set to witness uproar over a wide range of issues, including withdrawal of farm laws, Assembly polls in five states, 'revelations' of Congress leader Manish Tewari's book, among others.