Parliament Highlights: Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow 11 am

The Lower House of Parliament has been adjourned till 11 am tomorrow.

Lok Sabha MP Naveent Rana told Parliament on Monday that the Prime Minister-led Narendra Modi central government had taken good steps towards empowering women in the country.

The session of the Lower House of Parliament started at 7pm after it had been adjourned twice earlier.

It had hardly been 15 mins since the Lok Sabha session started when opposition parties hit out at the Centre over the rising fuel prices in the country. The Lower House has been adjourned till 7pm.

The session of the Lower House in Parliament began at 5pm after it had been adjourned for one hour.

The Lower House of Parliament has been adjourned till 5pm.

Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla began the session by condoling the deaths of two sittinparliamentarians Mohan Delkar, Nandkumar Singh Chauhan and seven other former members of the Lower House. Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Delkar had died by suicide on February 22 while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nand Kumar Chauhan passed away due to complications from the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease on March 2.

The Lok Sabha session reconvened at 4pm and would go on till 10pm.

Proceedings of the Lower House of Parliament would begin at 4pm and continue till 10pm.

The budget session of Parliament might be cut short and conclude before the first phase of the assembly elections on March 27, sources told news agency PTI. This comes after several political parties had requested the session- which was supposed to be concluded on April 8- to cut down due to the elections in five states that are being held in eight phases till April 29.

The Lower House of Parliament will function as per the normal timings (11 am onwards) from tomorrow that had existed before the pre-coronavirus (Covid-19) disease pandemic. Read more

On the request from many members from various parties, the Chairman has decided that from Tuesday, the sitting of Rajya Sabha will commence from 11 am to 6 pm as usual timings of the House. Members will sit in Rajya Sabha and Gallery only, says MP Vandana Chavan in the Chair. Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day.

Minutes after reconvening the Rajya Sabha adjourned till 1:30pm.

Rajya Sabha proceedings to resume shortly after third adjournment of the day.

Rajya Sabha reconvened and adjourned for another 15 minutes. This is the third adjournment of the day.

Rajya Sabha chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said low attendance of members of non-BJP and non-Congress parties in the meetings held for the scrutiny of Demands for Grants is an area of concern. Read more

Rajya Sabha again adjourned after briefly convening as the sloganeering over fuel price continued. Now, the upper house of parliament will reconvene at 1pm

Rajya Sabha adjourned for one hour as Congress MPs raise slogans demanding a discussion over rise in fuel prices. "I don't want to take any drastic action on the first day," said Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu as he adjourned the house till 11am.

Uproar in Parliament over fuel price after leader of opposiiton Mallikarjun Kharge raises the issue. "Petrol and diesel prices are nearly ₹100 per litre and ₹80 per litre respectively. LPG prices have also gone up. ₹21 lakh crores have been collected by putting excise duty/cess, because of this entire country including farmers are suffering," he said.

"24 years ago, we proposed a 33% reservation for women in Parliament. Today, 24 years later, we should raise this to 50% reservation for women in Parliament and assembly," said Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.

NCP's Fauzia Khan highlighted lack of women representation in leadership roles. "Many audits have shown that not more than 6% of women have got leadership roles. We must think about it. We can make a beginning by bringing the legislation on 33% reservation of women in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha."

I demand that International Men's Day should also be celebrated today, says BJP MP Sonal Mansingh in Rajya Sabha.

Sudip Bandyopadhyay, floor leader of TMC Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha and Derek O'Brien, leader of TMC Parliamentary Party in Rajya Sabha write to Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman respectively for adjournment of Parliament session due to Assembly polls in 5 states.

"Women's Day is an occasion to renew the efforts made in the direction" of women's rights and empowerment," says Rajya Sabha chairman as he extends his wishes on Women's Day.

"Women's Day is a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political contributions & achievements of women across the globe and honour their indomitable spirit, resolute determination and efforts that underline their achievements," he also said.

On chair, Venakiah Naidu welcomes members of Parliament as the sessions begins. Naidu also welcomed Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge who is the new leader of opposition. "On behalf of entire House and on my own behalf, I compliment Mallikarjun Kharge Ji on assuming the office of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. He is one of the long-serving leaders of the country, with vast legislative and administrative experience," said Rajya sabha Chairman

The second phase of the Budget session of Parliament commences with reconvening of Rajya Sabha in the first half of the day.