Parliament Monsoon session highlights: Union minister Ramdas Athawale's swipe at Oppn

‘Pradhan Mantri sadan me aao’, ‘Pradhan Mantri chuppi todo’, ‘Pradhan Mantri hosh me aao’ — these are some of the slogans the Opposition has been raising to oppose the Centre over the Manipur issue. They have been demanding PM Modi to appear on the floor of the House.

As the Union minister addresses the upper House, Opposition's voice continues to rise as a mark of protest against Manipur issue. They have been demanding a discussion on the matter in the House and also an ‘elaborate’ statement from PM Modi.

LS Speaker Om Birla reprimanded Opposition MPs for raising their voice over Manipur issue, said he can't run the House like this. He later adjourned the House proceedings till 2 pm.

As the Lok Sabha began its proceedings, Opposition MPs continued to raise their voices along with display placards over the Manipur issue. Speaker Om Birla also recommended maintaining decorum of the House and further reprimanded them.

Proceedings in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha begin

"They have come prepared. But there is a little divide there. Congress party, as per its usual attitude, did not consult the other Opposition parties. First, there should be confidence among Opposition parties, among each other. After that, they can talk about people's confidence in PM Modi. People showed this in 2014, 2019 and even in 2024, they will show the credibility of PM Modi. Moving No Confidence Motion and wearing black clothes will serve no purpose," Prahlad Joshi said. (ANI)

The no-confidence motion brought by the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Wednesday will not hurt the government as NDA has 331 MPs in Lok Sabha as against INDIA's number of around 150 in the Lok Sabha. "It is not a matter of numbers, but of morality," Congress MP Manish Tewari said clarifying the expectations that INDIA has from this no-confidence motion. Read more

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva, Congress MPs Imran Pratapgarhi, Syed Naseer Hussain and AAP MP Raghav Chadha give suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the Manipur situation.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha, demanding to discuss Manipur situation.

"This is shameful for our country that INDIA opposition alliance has to wear black (to the Parliament) to make sure that PM talks about Manipur," says AAP leader Sandeep Pathak

"That chapter is closed. No Confidence Motion is there in the Parliament now signed by a sufficient number of MPs. Not only the CPI but many parties feel that it would have been effective & meaningful if all the parties in India would have been represented in that Motion by signature...We all raised our objection to the Congress leadership in a responsible way. Congress understood it and their leadership was so democratic in understanding that they agreed that it happened out of hurry. We don't want to make it a big issue. All the parties will be together in fighting the BJP Govt inside & outside the Parliament..." CPI MP Binoy Viswam said.

JD(U) has issued three lined whip to the party's Rajya Sabha MPs for Monsoon session of Parliament to support the party's stand by voting against the Bill. The party has asked all its members to be present at the House from July 27 till August 11.

RJD MP Manoj Jha gave a suspension of business notice in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the situation in Manipur.

The debate on the one-line motion — which says the House has lost its confidence in the Union council of ministers — is likely to start next week, two Lok Sabha officials said. Read more

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur will move the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for its consideration and passage.

The Bill seeks amendment to the Cinematograph Act, of 1952. The amendments will address the issue of unauthorised recording and exhibition of films.

The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was introduced in Rajya Sabha on July 20. The draft Act constitutes the Board of Film Certification for certifying films for exhibition. Such certifications may be subject to modifications and deletions. The Board may also refuse the exhibition of films.

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday gave an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss the border situation with China.

In his letter to the Secretary-General, Lok Sabha, Manish Tewari said, "I hereby give notice of my intention to ask for leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the business of the house for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent importance, namely: That this House do suspend Zero Hour and relevant rules relating to Question Hour and other businesses of the day to have a discussion on the border situation with China."

Opposition bloc, INDIA likely to boycott meeting of Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Rajya Sabha to be held at 10 am today, reported PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that India will feature in the three largest economies in the world in his third term, saying the country's development journey is not going to stop. Read more

All MPs of the I.N.D.I.A alliance will wear 'black' coloured clothes in Parliament as a mark of protest against Manipur issue.

Floor leaders of opposition parties will meet the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday in Parliament to discuss important issues.

Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani said the no-confidence motion brought by Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance - the opposition grouping -- is a waste of Parliament's time and a 'ridiculous strategy' to appear relevant. "As oftem happens with bad losers, the more you shrink, the lower you sink," the BJP MP tweeted. Read more

Once the no-trust debate is initiated in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will become the second incumbent to INDIA’s highest executive office after Indira Gandhi to face a “no-confidence motion” with less than a year to go before general elections more than once, according to official data from the parliamentary affairs ministry. Read more

On Monday evening, a senior INDIA alliance leader tossed the idea to bring a no-confidence motion against the government to the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, people aware of the matter told HT. Read more