Parliament Monsoon Session highlights: Both Houses adjourned till 11am tomorrow

Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 11am on August 4, 2021.

Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 11am on August 4, 2021.

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Amendment Bill, 2021 has been passed in Rajya Sabha while Opposition continues to protest. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman thanked members of Parliament who participated in the debate.

The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021 has been passed in Lok Sabha amid protest by Opposition. The House was adjourned till 4pm immediately after the bill was passed without any discussion.

The government has not conducted any study to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on suicides in the country, the ministry of home affairs told Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The ministry said that the government, however, has taken a number of initiatives during the pandemic to provide psychological support to people.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 4pm amid sloganeering from Opposition parties

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm.

SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal says her party was not invited for the opposition meeting called by Rahul Gandhi."The entire opposition is united on the issues like farm laws. Why is Centre running away from discussions? This is a government of dictatorship," Badal says.

Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal offers wheat stalk to BJP MP Hema Malini as SAD-BSP MPs protest at Parliament over Centre's farm laws

Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 pm following a ruckus by Opposition MPs, who are protesting in the House over different issues.

A senior leader from the Opposition said it was decided at the breakfast meeting hosted by Rahul Gandhi that the government would have to agree to a debate on the Pegasus report if it wants to run the monsoon session of Parliament. "It was we will stick to our position on issues like the Pegasus row and farm laws," he said.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12pm amid uproar in the House. Opposition MPs gathered at the Well of the House, protesting over various issues.

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over a tweet posted by TMC MP Derek O'Brien. PM said it is an insult to people who elected the MPs. "...Making 'papri chaat' was an insulting comment. Tearing of papers, throwing them and not apologising is arrogance, the PM said at the BJP parliamentary meeting," Joshi said.

At the BJP parliamentary meeting, the PM said lawmakers should ensure the dignity of the House is maintained. He slammed the opposition for disrupting the monsoon session and said this is an insult to Parliament, the Constitution, democracy and the people of the country, an insult to the people.

At the BJP parliamentary meeting, Modi asked his party colleagues to maintain restraint during House sessions even as though disruptions by Opposition MPs have become order of the day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence minister Rajnath Singh, BJP national president JP Nadda and other leaders attend party's parliamentary meeting held today in Delhi.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition MPs ride bicycles to reach Parliament after their breakfast meeting comes to an end.

At the Opposition leaders' meeting, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says single-most important thing, in his view, is to unite this force. "The more this voice (of the people) unites, the more powerful this voice will become, the more difficult it'll become for BJP-RSS to suppress it," he says.

MPs from the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), CPI, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Kerala Congress (M), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), National Conference (NC), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) took part in the breakfast meeting hosted by Rahul Gandhi.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) skips the breakfast meeting being hosted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for leaders of Opposition parties at Constitution Club in Delhi.

Union ministers S Jaishankar, V Muraleedharan, Sarbananda Sonowal and Jyotiraditya Scindia and other leaders arrive for the BJP Parliamentary party meeting.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at Constitution Club for a meeting with Opposition party floor leaders from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

CPI MP Binoy Viswam gives suspension of business notice under rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha to discuss 'Pegasus Project' media report.

Floor leaders from Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha arrive for a breakfast meeting being hosted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Constitution Club. The leaders are scheduled to discuss the strategy for the remaining Monsoon session.

Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda gives suspension of business notice under rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the three Central farm laws against which farmers have been protesting for months along the borders of Delhi.