Rijuju's statement 'Party's ideology is country's ideology' was strongly objected to by the opposition Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs.
Monsoon Session: TMC MPs Sushmita Dev, Dr Santanu Sen and Dola Sen among other Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for remaining part of the week for "misconduct" by entering well of the House and sloganeering.
Raghav Chadha, the Rajya Sabha MP also alleged that the voices of the Opposition are being suppressed in the Parliament.
President Election 2022: Voting to elect the next President of India concludes. The counting of votes will take place at Parliament House on July 21 and the next President will take oath on July 25.
The monsoon session of Parliament holds extreme importance as the election of the President and Vice-President's office is slated to take place during this session.
Monsoon session in Parliament: According to a Lok Sabha bulletin, the Trafficking of Persons (Protection, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2022, will be introduced for consideration and passing in the Parliament.
Issues, such as the recently issued list of unparliamentary words, may also come up for discussion in the meeting.
The new bulletin, which has been issued by Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 18, said the kind cooperation of members is solicited.
"Parliament is being undermined...The Opposition will not take it lying down, TMC will not take it lying down. We will hit back hard because we have to save democracy," said TMC MP Derek O'Brien on the "unparliamentary" words row.
Parliament Expunged Words: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said, "nothing as such selective expunging of words used by only Opposition... no words banned, have removed words that were objected to previously..."
National Emblem Controversy: The Opposition has accused the government of distorting the national emblem seeking an immediate change. Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Trinamool Congress' Mahua Moitra, and others have reacted.
The concept sketch and process of casting of the national emblem on the roof of the new Parliament building has gone through eight different stages of preparation from clay modelling and computer graphics to bronze casting and polishing.
The new building, expected to be completed by this year, will have a triangular shape to reflect the importance of triangles as being a sacred geometry in various religions.
The counting of votes started after an eight-hour delay amid complaints of cross-voting and rules violations by the BJP and the ruling alliance. Both BJP and the Shiv Sena approached the Election Commission, alleging cross-voting and seeking disqualification of votes.
With the motion, Opposition sought to demonstrate how nationwide calls for President Rajapaksa’s resignation is reflected in the country’s legislature, said report.
The post of Deputy Speaker of Parliament was left vacant after Ranjith Siyamabalapitiya stepped down from the post.
Although there was neither any acceptance or denial from the Ganguly family on this count till this report was filed, statements by state party president, Sukanta Majumdar and BJP's national vice president, Dilip Ghosh on Monday sparked the speculation further.
Conservative Party MP Neil Parish resigned, triggering a by-election in the Tory safe seat of Tiverton and Honiton in south-west England, after admitting he watched adult material twice in Parliament.
Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons “it did not occur to me” that the gathering was a party.
The video clip is from April 5 when a short-duration discussion was held in the Lower House on 'Situation in Ukraine'.
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