The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended 12 MPs for the entire Winter Session of Parliament for creating ruckus in the House during the Monsoon Session on August 11.
Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad said banks do have "problems" in lending to police and politicians. Banks see track record before lending to these customers, he added.
The meeting between the duo took place on the second day of the winter session of the Parliament which began on November 29.
The 12 MPs suspended for the remaining part of the Winter Session are from the Congress (6), two each from the TMC and Shiv Sena and one each from the CPM and the CPI.
Facebook representatives will be summoned in the next meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology headed by Shashi Tharoor.
The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended 12 MPs for the entire winter session of Parliament for creating ruckus in the House during the Monsoon Session on August 11.
Parliament on Monday approved the repeal of the three controversial farm laws on the opening day of the winter session as the government stonewalled the opposition demand for a debate. Watch Muqabla with Meenakshi Joshi.
Rahul Gandhi said that manner in which farm laws have been repealed without debate shows the government afraid of discussion.
The Trinamool Congress has already said it is "disinterested" in coordinating with the Congress during the Winter Session of Parliament but maintained that it would cooperate with other opposition camps.
The Congress and other opposition parties have been demanding that the farm laws be repealed on the first day of the Winter Session itself.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had tabled the Bill.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the government is ready to discuss all issues in the Parliament as he called for meaningful debates and discussions. Addressing the media outside the Parliament, he said that the government will answer all questions asked in the Parliament.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government is ready for discussions on all the issues in the Parliament.
Parliament on Monday passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 amid sloganeering by Opposition MPs.
The Winter Session of Parliament is set to begin on a stormy note on Monday (November 29), with the government ready to bring in a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill is slated to be introduced in the Lok Sabha
The ruling BJP and main opposition party Congress have issued whips to their MPs to be present on the day. The session beginning Monday will conclude on December 23.
The Women's Reservation Bill, in discussion for some time, proposes to amend the Constitution to reserve 33 pc of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and all legislative assemblies.
The BJP-led government has a heavy agenda for the winter session beginning November 29 with its legislative business including 26 new bills.
The tractor rally called by the farmers', which was supposed to be held on November 29, has been postponed. Watch Kurukshetra to know what can be the next possible move of farmers.
To observe one year of the anti-farm law agitation, the SKM had earlier this month announced that 500 farmers will participate in peaceful tractors marches to Parliament every day during the Winter Session starting November 29.
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