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Published on: Dec 15, 2023, 18:25:22 IST

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As both houses of Parliament saw a massive uproar on Thursday and Friday over Wednesday's security breach in the Lok Sabha -- resulting in the suspension of over a dozen MPs, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday asked why the opposition leaders were hell-bent on getting a statement from PM Modi or Home minister Amit Shah while the government is not responsible for the Lok Sabha security. "The security of the Lok Sabha is the responsibility of the Lok Sabha secretariat and not the government, why will the home minister answer on this," Nishikant Dubey said. Dig deeper

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Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday warned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha for protesting and making a hand gesture while raising a point of order amid the chaos over the opposition’s demand to discuss the Wednesday's Lok Sabha security breach. The opposition MPs have demanded the suspension of the scheduled business of the day to discuss the "serious situation arising out of breach of security" in Parliament on December 13. But Dhankhar did not approve the notices and proceeded with the Zero Hour. Dig deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our evening briefing. Catch you tomorrow morning.

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