Parliament Winter session likely to be held from November 25 to December 20
India | November 02, 2024 15:58 ISTThe winter session of Parliament, 2024, will commence from November 25 and continue till December 20.
The winter session of Parliament, 2024, will commence from November 25 and continue till December 20.
Opposition MPs DK Suresh, Nakul Nath and Deepak Baij were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of the winter session. A total of 146 MPs have been suspended so far for their unruly behaviour in Parliament.
BJP chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's statement came at a time when a big protest led by I.N.D.I.A bloc members took place over the suspension of 143 MPs from the Parliament.
Parliament's Winter Session was adjourned sine die, a day ahead of schedule ending three frenetic weeks that saw a security breach in Lok Sabha, suspension of 146 MPs, the expulsion of Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra in the "bribe-for-query" case and passage of three criminal bills.
The three bills will replace the Indian Penal Code-1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act-1898, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, respectively. Scroll down to read key highlights of new criminal laws adopted by Lok Sabha.
On Wednesday, Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted to say that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to him over phone and “expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some Honourable MPs…He told me that he has been at the receiving end of such insults for twenty years and counting."
Amit Shah in Lok Sabha: "Three proposed criminal laws will free people from colonial mindset and its symbols," said Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha today.
Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chief Sonia Gandhi challenged her audience to imagine how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would have reacted if they were in opposition today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a conversation with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, expressing his regret regarding the mimicry incident that occurred within the parliamentary premises. The incident raised concerns and prompted the Prime Minister to address the matter with the Vice President.
Parliament Winter Session 2023: The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill 2023 seek to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act respectively.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday condemned the mimicry of the presiding officer in the Rajya Sabha by Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Kalyan Banerjee. The issue was earlier raised by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the House, after a video clip of Banerjee surfaced.
In a statement, I.N.D.I.A parties condemned in the strongest possible terms the suspension of 142 of its MPs from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The bloc held its fourth meeting on Tuesday in New Delhi.
The action came after the House faced adjournments, with Opposition members raising slogans and displaying placards over their demands during the ongoing winter session of Parliament.
Among the MPs suspended on Tuesday are Dr Farooq Abdullah, Supriya Sule, Manish Tewari, Karthi Chidambaram, Shashi Tharoor, Sudip Bandopadhyay, Dimple Yadav and others. On Monday, 78 MPs were suspended from both Houses.
The leaders expressed their dissatisfaction with the government's handling of the security lapse in Parliament and raised concerns about the unprecedented mass suspension of MPs, the highest in a single day in the parliamentary history of the country.
The protest led by opposition MPs demanding a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over security lapse in the Parliament took a dramatic turn when TMC's Kalyan Banerjee mimicked Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday (December 18) suspended 45 Opposition MPs after they created a ruckus inside the Upper House, over the Parliament security breach incident that took place on December 13.
Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing attack on the government after a total of 47 Opposition MPs were suspended from the Parliament, and said that the Modi government can now "bulldoze important pending legislations" and pass them without any debate.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was suspended from Lok Sabha on Monday (December 18) along with some other Opposition MPs, taking the total number of suspended lawmakers today to 33. A total of 47 MPs have been suspended from the Parliament so far.
The bill addresses concerns raised by industry players regarding the power of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the regulation of over-the-top players. Government officials assert that these issues were resolved before the bill received Cabinet approval.
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