A view of the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, August 4, 2021. (RSTV/PTI Photo)Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: In a small breakthrough, Opposition parties on Monday decided to cooperate with the Centre to pass the Constitution 127th Amendment Bill in both houses of the Parliament. The bill aims to restore power to the states to identify backward classes. The government will introduce the bill in Lok Sabha today.
Meanwhile, shortly after they came in session today, both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha got adjourned amid Opposition protests over the alleged Pegasus snooping issue.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the lower house today. In Rajya Sabha, FM Sitharaman will look to pass the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021. Central ministers Sarbananda Sonowal, Arjun Munda and Virendra Kumar will also present bills in the Parliament today.
This year’s Parliament Monsoon Session, scheduled to end on August 13, was dominated by multiple adjournments and Opposition protests and demands to discuss the issues of Pegasus snooping, farm bills, hike in fuel prices among other things.
As the session enters its last week, the possibility of a smooth house functioning seems grim. The Opposition parties on Sunday reiterated that they will not back down and continue to insist on a discussion of the concerned issues. The government, on the other hand, is unlikely to engage in one.
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Rajya Sabha on Monday got adjourned till 12 noon as Opposition MPs raise slogans over 'Pegasus project' media report.
Shortly after it came into session on Monday, Lok Sabha was adjourned till 11:30 amid Opposition protests over Pegasus snooping issue.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday called India’s performance at the Tokyo Olympics the best till now and said that the games “heralded resurgence, renaissance and national awakening in sports in our country by restoring the depleting confidence and self-esteem.” Naidu also congratulated Neeraj Chopra for his historic gold win.
In a small breakthrough, Opposition parties on Monday decided to cooperate with the Centre to pass the Constitution 127th Amendment Bill in both houses of the Parliament. The bill aims to restore power to the states to identify backward classes. The government will introduce the bill in Lok Sabha today.
Opposition leaders on Tuesday met at the Parliament for a meeting to chalk out a strategy for the last week of the Monsoon Session. This comes as the Centre and Opposition continue to be locked in a logjam over the Pegasus snooping issue, farm bills among other things.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that the Opposition should now move a no-confidence motion against the Government. “Rather than just continuing disruptions, we should probably seriously consider other parliamentary manoeuvres…including a vote of no-confidence, because I think there is genuinely no confidence among the bulk of the Opposition parties in this Government,” Tharoor told The Indian Express.