Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Kirit Solanki conducts proceedings in the House during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)Parliament monsoon session Live Updates: Meeting a key demand by the Opposition, the Union government has listed inflation for discussion in Lok Sabha on Monday. The monsoon session, so far, has been marked with disruptions with the Opposition members demanding a discussion over the price rise and GST rates.
However, some parties are now keen to attack the government over other political issues that cropped up over the weekend — the use of central agencies and alleged attempts to “topple” the Jharkhand government.
Meanwhile, Union Minsiter Dharmendra Pradhan is expected to introduce a Bill to amend the Central
Universities Act, 2009, in the Lok Sabha. Union Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar is expected to move the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022, in the Rajya Sabha for passing.
Congress MP P. Chidambaram with opposition MPs Dola Sen, Shanta Chhetri, Sanjay Singh and others protesting against the Union Government, near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament House complex during ongoing Monsoon Session, in New Delhi. (PTI)
The Trinamool Congress has sought a debate in both Houses of Parliament on Monday on the issue of crimes against women, as it targeted the government after a BJP MLA in Gujarat was accused of rape.
TMC Lok Sabha members Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Dola Sen and Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor had submitted notices for a discussion on the "need for prevention of crimes against women" in light of "latest reported incidents".
The sources said the TMC MPs moved the notices after Gujarat Rural Development Minister and BJP MLA Arjunsinh Chauhan was accused of raping and illegally confining a woman. (PTI)
Congress MP Suresh Kodikunnil has given an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to demand a discussion over the alleged attempts by the BJP to "topple" the coalition government in Jharkhand, ANI reported.
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari has given a zero-hour notice in the Rajya Sabha on the 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme for entry into Armed Forces, news agency ANI reported.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday gave an adjournment motion notice to discuss the floods in Assam.
Suspended Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev (TMC), Kanimozhi NVN Somu (DMK) and AA Rahim (CPM) on the Opposition’s trust deficit with the government, putting up a united front and why it has failed to counter the narrative set by the BJP.
During the exchange, Sushmita Dev said, "This government uses bulldozers on the ground and bulldozes us inside Parliament. We asked them to start the debate as a matter of urgency and as and when Nirmala Sitharaman returns, she can reply. You can call it a trust deficit but I think the deficit lies in what we think is a parliamentary democracy and how they define parliamentary democracy."
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The Union government has listed inflation for discussion in Lok Sabha on Monday, meeting a key demand of Opposition parties that had been stalling Parliament over the matter.
But the big question is whether normalcy will return to Parliament for the discussion to take place. Some parties are now keen to attack the government over other political issues that cropped up over the weekend — the use of central agencies and alleged attempts to “topple” the Jharkhand government. Read more
Meeting a key demand by the Opposition, the Union government has listed inflation for discussion in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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