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Highlights: Lok Sabha adjourned till Wednesday 4pm

By , Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reply to the motion of thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address in the Lok Sabha on February 10. The Lower House of Parliament has been adjourned till 4pm today.

Opposition leaders during the Budget Session of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, in New Delhi.
Opposition leaders during the Budget Session of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, in New Delhi.

The budget session of Parliament started from January 29 and is being held in two parts amid strict coronavirus disease (Covid-19) norms--January 29 to February 15 and March 8 to April 8 and will have 33 sittings in total. Both the house will meet in shifts of five hours each. The Rajya Sabha will meet from 9am to 2pm and the Lok Sabha would meet from 3pm to 8pm.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reply to the motion of thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address in the Lok Sabha on February 10. The Lower House of Parliament has been adjourned till 4pm today.


On Tuesday morning, the Rajya Sabha bid farewell to Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad and three other members- all from Jammu and Kashmir, who would be retiring. Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu said that the Upper House benefited from Azad's contributions and he has been in the house since few decades.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the next person who would replace Azad as the next LoP would face difficulties as he was not only concerned about his party but also placed emphasis towards the Upper House and the country.


Modi got emotional when he spoke about an unfortunate incident from the past when some people from Gujarat were stuck in Jammu and Kashmir due to a terror attack. The Prime Minister further spoke that how Azad offered assistance during that time.


Meanwhile, Union home minister Amit Shah provided an update on the Uttarakhand glacier disaster where he said that central and state government agencies were monitoring the situation. "450 jawans of ITBP, 5 teams of NDRF, 8 teams of Indian Army, a Navy team and 5 IAF helicopters are engaged in search and rescue operation," he added.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reply to the motion of thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address in the Lok Sabha on February 10. The Lower House of Parliament has been adjourned till 4pm today.


On Tuesday morning, the Rajya Sabha bid farewell to Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad and three other members- all from Jammu and Kashmir, who would be retiring. Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu said that the Upper House benefited from Azad's contributions and he has been in the house since few decades.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the next person who would replace Azad as the next LoP would face difficulties as he was not only concerned about his party but also placed emphasis towards the Upper House and the country.


Modi got emotional when he spoke about an unfortunate incident from the past when some people from Gujarat were stuck in Jammu and Kashmir due to a terror attack. The Prime Minister further spoke that how Azad offered assistance during that time.


Meanwhile, Union home minister Amit Shah provided an update on the Uttarakhand glacier disaster where he said that central and state government agencies were monitoring the situation. "450 jawans of ITBP, 5 teams of NDRF, 8 teams of Indian Army, a Navy team and 5 IAF helicopters are engaged in search and rescue operation," he added.

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