Parliament Monsoon Session: Both Houses adjourned for the day

Lok Sabha on Tuesday adjourned for the day to meet at 11 am on July 23.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Kiren Rijiju said, “They (opposition) are demanding discussion and we are ready for it. Then why are they not allowing the House to function? This double standard is wrong. If you want discussion, then do not create ruckus. The government has said that we are ready for discussion. You are wasting public money.”

Both Houses resume proceedings after morning session washed out.

Congress MP Jebi Mather said the Bihar voter revision is being done to ‘avoid a major segment from the voter list’.

"The democracy is in peril. What are they up to? They will go to any extent to win the elections...SIR (Special Intensive Review) exercise in Bihar is unacceptable...It is being done with an intention of avoiding a major segment from the voter list...We don't want it to happen," the MP said

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that the Bihar voter roll revision was a murder of democracy.

"They are murdering democracy. That is why we are saying again and again that what they are doing is wrong," the Waynad MP said.

Rajya Sabha has been informed about Home Ministry's notification (dated Jul 22) regarding resignation of VP Jagdeep Dhankhar with immediate effect

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 PM as opposition member stormed the well with placards.

Rajya Sabha stands adjourned till 2 PM amid opposition sloganeering.

Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are back in session after disruption over Bihar SIR row.

Congress MP Imraan Masood said that there is some other reason than health for VP Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation.

"This cannot happen suddenly. Yesterday, he was presiding over the house,e and today he has resigned. We pray that the Almighty give him a long and healthy life. There is some other reason for his resignation," Massod said.

RJD MP Manoj Jha said democracy is not safe if the voter is not safe. He was speaking on the Bihar voter roll revision outside the parliament.

"If in democracy, the voter is not safe, then democracy is not safe. The Chief Election Commissioner should look into the matter," Manoj Jha said.

Leader of oppsition Rahul Gandhi is leading the opposition protest against Bihar SIR at Makar Dwar of the parliament.

Opposition MP's are protesting outside the parliament over the Bihar voter revision row.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon as opposition ruckus continues.

Lok Sabha stands adjourned till 12 PM due to opposition sloganeering.

Opposition resorted to sloganeering as soon as the proceedings began in Lok Sabha.

Proceedings have begun for the day in both houses of the parliament.

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BJP MP Jagdambika Pal said that the government was ready to answer all questions by the opposition.

"Yesterday, when the opposition and Congress came to the party well, I told Rahul Gandhi to ask his members to maintain the decorum of the House; everyone will get a chance to speak. The government is ready to answer all the questions of the opposition... The whole world has seen the valour and bravery of the Indian armed forces... We all should celebrate it," Pal said.

Vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar will not be in Rajya Sabha today after tendering his resignation.

Mallikarjun Kharge said that he has ‘nothing to say’ on VP Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation.

"Only he knows the reason. We have nothing to say on this. Either the government knows or he knows. It is up to the government to accept his resignation or not," Kharge said.