Parliament Session HIGHLIGHTS: Parliament adjourned sine die

Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday.

Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday (August 9).

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday constituted a 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee to look into the Waqf Amendment Bill. Out of 31 members, 21 MPs are from Lok Sabha, while rest 10 are from Rajya Sabha. Notably, AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi and Congress MP Imran Masood have also been included in the committee. This comes a day after, Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday introduced The Waqf (Amendment) Bill and proposed sending it to a joint parliamentary committee after Opposition parties objected to its provision.

On her exchange of words with Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan says, "...I objected to the tone used by the Chair. We are not schoolchildren. Some of us are senior citizens. I was upset with the tone and especially when the Leader of Opposition stood up to speak, he switched off the mike. How can you do this? You have to allow the Leader of the Opposition to speak...I mean using unparliamentary words every time which I do not want to say in front of you all. You are a nuisance, 'Buddhiheen'. He said you may be a celebrity, I do not care. I am not asking him to care. I am saying I am a member of Parliament. This is my fifth term. I know what I am saying. The way things are being spoken in Parliament these days, nobody has ever spoken before. I want an apology..."

A fresh confrontation erupted between Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday (August 9), just days after Bachchan had expressed strong objections to Dhankhar for mentioning her husband's name in a previous session.

Punjab Congress MPs hold a protest outside parliament demanding the rollback of Section 43B(h) of the Income Tax Act, introduced through the Finance Act 2023.

On RJD's demand for special status for Bihar, Misa Bharti says, "At one time, Nitish Kumar was also demanding the same. Today, there is a double-engine government in Bihar. During his visit to Bihar, the PM had said that a special package would be given to the state. But now the PM doesn't remember what he had said before. The current assistance given to Bihar is less. In some way or another, the people of Bihar have been cheated. The PM should apologize to the people of Bihar."

On Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's spectacular silver medal win in the Paris Olympics, BJP MP Suresh Gopi said, "It is a glory for India. I was expecting gold...Whatever he has attained is glory..."

On Supreme Court granted bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, "I hope that all will get the justice, especially the AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal who is still in jail." Further, the SP chief speaking to the media also spoke about the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024. He said, "This bill has come as the govt wants all the power to be centralised in its hand. Too much interference in anyone's religion isn't good."

BJP MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha belonging to ST/SC communities met with PM Narendra Modi at the Parliament House today. The MPs jointly submitted a memorandum regarding the Supreme Court's observation on the creamy layer for ST/SC and demanded that this decision should not be implemented in our society. PM assured them that he would look into this matter.

The government is scheduled to introduce the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 which seeks to increase the option for nominees per bank account to four, from existing one, among others.

"It is the country's good luck (on Neeraj Chopra winning silver medal in Paris Olympics)...we could have won gold. We could have won gold (in wrestling) too but unfortunately (Vinesh) Phogat couldn't get it. Since the time, PM (Modi) has come, he has brought great awareness in the field of sports. Congress has done politics, but it never paid attention to sports," says Union minister Giriraj Singh 

On Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Samajwadi Party MP Rajeev Rai said, "Waqf Board is not of the government... The simple question is if this happens in our Ram Mandir Trust, will we accept it? ...Just because elections have come, you are doing this...

On Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Congress MP K Suresh said, "...The properties of the Waqf Board are their own properties... The government wants to take over the Waqf properties. That is why the Government of India is bringing this bill. Its purpose is to attack minorities, especially Muslim minorities. It's anti-constitutional Bill. The entire opposition strongly protested. Even the supporting parties of the NDA- LJP and TDP are not happy with this Bill..."

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh moved a Privilege Motion notice in Rajya Sabha, against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, accusing him of misleading the House (Rajya Sabha) on the issue of removal of Preamble from NCERT textbooks. 

Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha and demands withdrawal of statement of Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandivya on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification issue

Speaker Om Birla to inaugurate orientation programme for members of Lok Sabha today.