Parliament Winter Session: Proceedings in both Houses were adjourned for yet another day on Monday amid protests by opposition members over the Adani indictment row, recent violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and other issues.
Parliament Winter Session proceedings were suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Friday due to ongoing protests by Opposition MPs over the Adani bribery allegations and other issues, with both Houses adjourned until December 2, 2024.
Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday won the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with a thumping margin of over four lakh votes, defeating Sathyan Mokeri of the CPI(M)-led LDF.
Parliament Winter Session 2024: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha faced adjournments over Adani issue and other matters for the fourth working day of the winter session, with the two Houses of Parliament not transacting any substantial business.
Winter Session of Parliament: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the last phase of 2024 is underway and the country is preparing for 2025. "This Session of Parliament is special in several ways and the most important thing is the beginning of the 75th year of the Constitution," he said.
The Winter Session of the Parliament is set to start from Monday. The government has listed 16 bills for consideration. The session will run till December 20. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that govt would discuss any issue, adding that only request is house should run well.
Billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by US prosecutors for allegedly being part of a scheme to pay USD 265 million (about Rs 2,200 crore) bribe to Indian officials in exchange of favourable terms for solar power contracts.
The Winter Session of the Parliament will start on November 25 and will continue till December 20. The latest session may see debates on the Waqf Amendment Bill, a JPC for which was formed in the Monsoon Session. The session may also see discussions on 'One Nation, One Election.'
Parliament Winter session likely to be held from Nov 25 to Dec 20. Arvind Sawant apologises for 'imported maal' remark against Shaina NC. On the other hand Iran threatens Israel with 'crushing response' as tensions escalate. All of this and a lot much more in today's speed news.
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According to the Meteorological Department, western disturbances are likely to be active in the region in one or two days which may cause a rise in the minimum temperature.
Responding to Kharge's letter, the Rajya Sabha chairperson said he wished that the Congress leader's assertion that "we firmly believe in fostering dialogue and discussion" was reflected in actions in the House.
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."
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the BJP-led government over suspension of MPs in Parliament and said all democratic norms were thrown into the “dustbin by an autocratic” government. He staged a protest outside the Parliament over the same.
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.
Opposition members were on their feet and some of them came to the Well of the House shouting slogans against the government and holding placards. Some of them were carrying a morphed picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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.
Parliament Winter Session 2023: Lok Sabha took up the three bills to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1973 and Indian Evidence Act, of 1872 for consideration and passing.
On Wednesday, two persons jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors' gallery, shouted slogans and released coloured smoke from canisters that triggered panic and chaos in the House.
The Opposition Lok Sabha MPs who have been suspended include - Benny Behanan, VK Sreekandan, Mohammad Jawed, PR Natarajan, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, K Subrahmanyam, S Venkatesan and Manickam Tagore.
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