The opposition leaders termed the suspension "unwarranted and undemocratic", and alleged that the action was in violation of all rules and procedures of the Upper House.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh staged a walkout, claiming that the government was not allowing him to raise farmers' issues.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has called on a meeting on Monday of all the Opposition parties to create consensus over the issues to be raised in the Parliament.
The cabinet discussed holding the winter session from December 22 for two weeks, the minister said. The cabinet discussed holding the winter session from December 22 for two weeks, the minister said.
The air quality in Delhi improved marginally on Monday but remained in the "poor" category for the second consecutive day. At 9 am on Monday, the air quality index (AQI) in the national capital stood at 207 against an AQI of 254 at the same time on Sunday
Parliament's Winter Session begins today and is expected to witness much heat as the Opposition looks to corner the Union government over issues like economic slowdown and situation in Kashmir while the Modi dispensation seeks to push through the contentious Citizenship (amendment) Bill, a key part of the BJP's ideological agenda.
The 18 Sena MPs in Lok Sabha and three in Rajya Sabha have now been allotted seats in the opposition rows after the party severed ties with its longtime ally BJP and is in talks with the Congress-NCP alliance to form government in Maharashtra.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the government would be moving forward on the merger of the three state-run general insurance companies as announced in the previous Budget.
The next session of Parliament will be held from November 18 to December 13, sources said, adding that the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs ha.s communicated it to the secretariats of both Houses
The productivity of Lok Sabha was about 47 per cent and Rajya Sabha 27 per cent in the just-concluded Winter Session of Parliament.
“When you tell one lie, you need to keep spinning out more lies, to cover up the first one. In her eagerness to defend the PM's Rafale lie, the RM lied to Parliament. Tomorrow, RM must place before Parliament documents showing 1 Lakh crore of Govt orders to HAL. Or resign,” tweeted Gandhi.
There is a huge gap between the projected demands and actual allocations made for the HRD Ministry's Higher Education department, a parliamentary committee has pointed out.
The controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill may not be able to get through during the Winter session of Parliament which comes to an end on January 8, sources said on Sunday.
The government is keen to get its legislative agenda through as this is the last full-fledged Parliament session before the next Lok Sabha polls due in April-May 2019.
“On December 20, the same order of authorisation was repeated that was existing since 2009,” Jaitley told the Upper House.
Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the sanctity of polls was "under question" in view of "manipulation" of the electronic voting machines (EVMs).
This would be the last full-fledged Parliament session before the Lok Sabha polls.
Residences of several powerful ministers, officers, judges and members of the Parliament are attacked by monkeys every day.
Interestingly, the Winter Session will start the day counting of votes will take place for Assembly elections in five states.
Authorities will be set up for major rivers like Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra-Barak, Mahanadi, Cauvery, Krishna, Tapi, Subarnarekha, Brahmani-Baitarani.
Top News
Latest News
