Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Lok Sabha Adjourned Sine Die; AAP's Raghav Chadha Suspended in Rajya Sabha

AAP MPs Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh have been suspended till committee of privileges files its report in Rajya Sabha.

The INDIA MPs boycotted Lok Sabha over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s suspension and marched to Dr Ambedkar’s statue in protest.

The Lok Sabha has been adjourned indefinitely.

As the Opposition marched in protest against the suspension of Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge said the Opposition will continue to fight against the government’s illegal deeds, adding that, they will fight both inside and outside the Parliament.

We will completely remove the Sedition law, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah, adding that in a democracy everyone has a right to say their piece.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that under this bill, the government has set a goal that the conviction ratio has to be taken above 90 per cent.

The Bhartiya Suraksha Sanhita Bill has a total of 313 amendments including punishment for mob lynching can range upto death sentence. The bill also includes that the gangster Dawood Ibrahim will be declared an absconder.

The bill has been sent to the standing committee.

While presenting the Bhartiya Suraksha Sanhita Bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that with this bill, three laws will be replaced and there will be a major change in the criminal justice system of the country.

The zero FIR is being codified under the Bhartiya Suraksha Sanhita Bill. According to the bill, videography is to be made compulsory for search and seizure and forensic evidence would be compulsory for all crimes carrying sentence of 7 years or more.

Union Minister and BJP MP Kiren Rijiju said, “Opposition parties didn’t let the Parliament function, under the pretext of Manipur over the past few days. Yesterday, when the PM spoke on Manipur and the entire northeast, the entire Opposition had walked out.”

“All the NDA MPs from the northeast have condemned this and we are also going to write a letter to the PM that he spoke on Manipur and the northeast in detail yesterday..” he added.

Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Bhartiya Suraksha Sanhita bill. He also introduced amendments to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

Chapter deals with crimes against women and children. Chapter 2 deals with murder and similar crimes.

Three bills are being sent to the standing committee.

Leaders of the INDIA bloc have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha against the suspension of LoP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury with a march to Ambedkar statue at 12:30 pm.

Proceedings of the Lower House have been adjourned till 12:30 pm.

The proceedings of the Lok Sabha have resumed and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

The Opposition Bloc, INDIA held a meeting at the Rajya Sabha LoP’s office in Parliament.

Taking strong exception to BJP General Secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s comments on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in Parliament, State Minister and BRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Friday asked Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla as to what action he would take against the MP.

Following a ruckus over the Prime Minister’s absence from the house, Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 12 pm.

NC MP Farooq Abdullah commented on the suspension of the LoP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and said, “Regretful that they suspended a good member on the last day of the Parliament monsoon session.”

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that LoP in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was only making a point and that itself is not a ground for suspension. “This is undemocratic,” he said.

Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue of the suspension of Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, saying that,”He had been suspended on flimsy grounds. He just said ‘Nirav Modi’. Nirav means calm, silent. You suspended him over that?…”