Budget Session 2024 Highlights: 'Agencies were used for politics during UPA rule', says PM Modi

PM Modi said in Parliament, ""They (Opposition) failed to fulfill their responsibility as opposition...I have always said that the country needs a good opposition."

PM Modi says, "I see that many of you (Opposition) have even lost the courage to contest elections. Some seats were changed last time too, I have heard that many people are looking to change their seats this time as well. I have also heard that many people now want to go to Rajya Sabha instead of Lok Sabha. They are looking for their paths by assessing the situation."

PM Modi said in the Parliament, "I appreciate the Opposition's resolve to remain in the opposition for a long time...The way you sat here (in govt) for many decades, the same way you resolve to sit there (in opposition)...The public will certainly give you its blessings..."

PM Modi said in the Lok Sabha, “This 75th Republic Day, the New Parliament, Sengol - all this was very impressive. We will always remember this.”

On UP Budget presented today, CM Yogi Adityanath said, "Today's budget has also been dedicated to the welfare of the people by dedicating it to Lord Shri Ram. There is Shri Ram in the beginning, middle and end of the budget, Shri Ram is synonymous with Lokmangal, and this document is dedicated to Lokmangal.

While speaking in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury questioned the defence minister for the situation in Ladakh. He claimed that vast areas of Ladakh have been occupied(in a reference to China). He said China is emboldened today and Modi government has failed in its China policy.

While speaking in the Lok Sabha on Monday, TMC MP Pratima Mondal questioned the silence of President of India on rising unemployment and inflation. During her address, Mondal also talked about the Global Hunger Index which gives India a very low rank.

Ahead of PM Modi's reply on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, TMC MP Derek O'Brien took a dig at him.

Taking to X(formerly Twitter) on Monday, Derek O'Brien wrote: "PM @narendramodi will deliver MANN KI BAAT PARLIAMENT EDITION. Deep Dark Chamber Special.

In 2 speeches will he tell us :

👉Why has PM not answered a single Q in Parl?

👉With 290 MPs why no LS Deputy Speaker in 5yrs?

👉Why are Oppn MPs denied basic rights: voting, discussion?"

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said that he will lead a protest against the Union Government on February 7 against “the step motherhood of the central government even when drought hit state.”

The central government, after presenting the budget, is seeking a nod from the Lok Sabha for a net additional spending of ₹78,673 crore in the current financial year.

Religious leaders representing various minority sections of the country meet Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Parliament

They will later meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will also watch the proceedings of Parliament.

Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal urged the government to announce date of implementation of women reservation. Talking about government's claims of India getting into the list of top five economies, she highlighted that the poor and downtrodden are suffering. She said that the per capita income in India is very low.

On Monday, religious leaders representing various minority sections reached parliament to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President & Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

"I am very afraid that our country is heading to a theocracy by interlinking state and religion," said Congress MP Benny Behanan in the parliament on Monday. Behanan criticised PM Modi's participation in the Ram temple consecration ceremony.

BJP MP Dr. Satya Pal Singh hailed efforts of PM Modi government for development of the country. He highlighted development projects and initiatives taken by the government in the Lok Sabha constituency in Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh will not take oath as Rajya Sabha MP on Monday. The Rajya Sabha chairman has refused to allow Singh to take the oath, saying the matter is currently with the Privileges Committee, reported news agency ANI. More details here.

Question Hour is underway in the Lok Sabha in the ongoing Budget Session of the Parliament

BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar will make a statement regarding the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 49th Report of the Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development on 'Functioning of Directorate General of Training' pertaining to the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav will introduce the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024 Bill in the Rajya Sabha today to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

Congress MP Manish Tewari has given adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss India-China border situation.

Here is what Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has to say on PM Modi's reply to the Motion of Thanks to President's Address in Lok Sabha today.

Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has issued a whip to its Lok Sabha MPs asking them to be present in the House today as PM Narendra Modi will reply to the Motion of Thanks on Presidential address delivered on January 31, 2024, in the Parliament.

Rajya Sabha MPs Ashok Kumar Mittal and Prakash Javadekar will present the Twenty-Eighth Report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Countering Global Terrorism at Regional and International Levels’.

Budget Session of the Parliament will resume today at 11 am. In Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.