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Parliament Highlights: No-confidence motion defeated in Lok Sabha through voice vote
No Confidence Motion Highlights: Check out latest updates on the monsoon session and the last day of no-trust motion.
No Confidence Motion Highlights: The debate on no-confidence motion, moved by the I.N.D.I.A. bloc against the central government, is in its last leg today and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the House. The last two days of the motion witnessed a fierce battle between the ruling and the Opposition coalitions over the Manipur violence and other raging issues ....Read More
Rahul Gandhi gave his first speech for the motion after his MP status was reinstated. From his last speech in the Lok Sabha to Bharat Jodo Yatra, he spoke on range of topics. On Manipur issue, he accused the central government of ‘killing Mother India in Manipur’.
Responding from the government's side, Union home minster Amit Shah hit out at the Opposition for ‘doing politics’ over the violence in the northeastern state.
Meanwhile, several Bills from both Houses have been passed including the contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, this week.
On Rahul's speech being expunged, Prahlad Joshi says ‘it’s an old practice'
On Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech in Lok Sabha yesterday being expunged, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi says, "...If anything unparliamentary is said it is expunged & it has been an old practice. This is nothing new."
Nirmala Sitharaman to speak on no-trust motion
Union foreign minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to speak on no confidence debate at noon- largely on economic issues.
What Rahul Gandhi said during his address?
Rahul Gandhi's much-awaited speech in the Lok Sabha on the no-confidence motion started at 12.10pm on Wednesday in which the Wayanad MP thanked Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for reinstating him as the member of the Lok Sabha, and also apologised for his last speech in which he mentioned Adani. “In my last speech in the House, I spoke about Adani. I might have hurt many people. So I apologise…today I want to tell my friends in the BJP that there is no reason to be scared today as my main speech will not be around Adani. Yes, I will obviously throw some brickbats,” Rahul Gandhi said. Read more
PM Modi to speak on no-trust motion in Lok Sabha today
The fierce debate between the ruling and the Opposition on no-confidence motion is in its last leg today, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to reply to the motion Lok Sabha. He is likely to address the House after 4 pm today. The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) moved the no-confidence motion against the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government which set the stage for a parliamentary battle over Manipur violence and other raging issues. Read more
Union health minister to table Pharmacy (Amendment) Bill in RS
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandavia is to move the Pharmacy (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha today for consideration and passage to amend the Pharmacy Act, 1948. Earlier, the Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 7.
Arjun Meghwal set to move Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023 in RS
Union Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal is to move the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha today for consideration and passage to repeal certain enactments and to amend an enactment. Earlier, the Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on July 28.
Union law minister to table Bill to regulate election commissioners
Union Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal is to introduce the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha today to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners and the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission.
