Parliament Winter Session 2023: Rajya Sabha passes both J-K Bills, both Houses adjourned

Parliament Winter Session 2023: The Rajya Sabha passed unanimously the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 with a voice vote amending key laws in the Union Territory aimed at providing "rights to those who faced injustice". The significant legislative move on the sixth day of the Parliament's Winter Session witnessed various Opposition leaders raising issues to reinstate the statehood of the erstwhile state and announce elections there. The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is aimed at amending the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004. The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 provided reservation in jobs and admission in professional institutions to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and other socially and educationally backward classes. The proceedings of both Houses will resume again on Tuesday at 11 am.

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Dec 11, 2023 8:56 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan

Both Houses adjourned till Tuesday

Both Houses have been adjourned till Tuesday. Proceedings will resume tomorrow at 11 am.
Dec 11, 2023 8:54 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan

Rajya Sabha passes both J-K Bills

Rajya Sabha passed the two Bills — the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
Dec 11, 2023 8:50 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan

Opposition walks out of Rajya Sabha during Amit Shah's reply J-Kr Reservation (Amendment) Bill

Opposition walked out of Rajya Sabha during Amit Shah's reply on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill.
Dec 11, 2023 8:04 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan

Amit Shah speaks on two key J-K bills | WATCH

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks on the J&K Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and J&K Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha. "...Jahan tak tang nazariye ka sawaal hai, desh ki ek bhi inch zameen ka sawaal hai, humara nazariya tang rahega, hum dil bada nahi kar sakte. No one has the right to give away a section of our land to show off their big heart...," he said.
Dec 11, 2023 7:05 PM (IST) Posted by Anurag Roushan

Sonia, Rahul will have to answer whose money it is, how it was looted: Nadda over cash seizure

BJP MPs led by party chief JP Nadda on Monday held a protest in the Parliament Complex, alleging the cash seized by the income tax department during raids on a distillery company linked to a Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand proved that the opposition party was "neck-deep" in corruption. This is just the tip of the iceberg... Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will have to answer whose money it is and how it was looted,” Nadda said after Rs 351 crore were seized by income tax sleuths during searches against Boudh Distillery Private Limited, owned by the family of Congres MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu.
Dec 11, 2023 11:34 AM (IST) Posted by Nitin Kumar

Parliament Winter Session 2023 LIVE: Reconstitution of Vice-Chairpersons panel in Rajya Sabha announced

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar informed the Rajya Sabha on December 11, 2023, about the reconstitution of the panel of Vice-Chairpersons. The newly appointed members of the panel are:

1. Kanta Kardam
2. Saroj Pandey
3. Jaya Bachchan
4. Priyanka Chaturvedi
5. Dr C M Ramesh
6. Akhilesh Prasad Singh
7. Tiruchi Shiva
8. Sushil Kumar Gupta
Dec 11, 2023 9:23 AM (IST) Posted by Nitin Kumar

Parliament Winter Session 2023 LIVE: Congress MP Manickam Tagore moves adjournment motion

Congress Member of Parliament Manickam Tagore has submitted an Adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha. The motion pertains to a purported viral video implicating BJP MLA and former Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar's son in discussions related to the transfer of bribe money from a mining businessman.