Parliament Highlights: PM Modi to address Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion tomorrow

Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha, to discuss about the bad loans written off the banks and to direct the Government to take approrpiate action for the recovery of public money.

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha, to discuss the border situation with China.

Congress MP Rajeev Shukla, RJD MP Manoj Jha, AAP MP Raghav Chadha gives Suspension of Business notice under Rule 267 to discuss the Manipur situation,

AAP MP Sushil Gupta gives Suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the Manipur and Haryana issue

BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi gives Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over need for declaration of Assets and Liabilities by the Judges of Supreme Court and High Court

Lok Sabha resumes amid ruckus from Opposition MPs.

Parliament will pay tribute to the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings there.

A Japanese delegation, led by Japanese Ambassador to India Hiroshi Suzuki, arrives in Parliament.

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey says, "...In these 75 years Congress, and parties supported by it, gave three things to the country that is eating up the country like termites. Dynasty...It is time to create an atmosphere against them because democracy is for the common people. The second question is about Corruption. The third is about Appeasement - vote bank politics is being done by misleading minorities and they are not allowing implementation of policies in the country."

BJP MP Ravi Kishan says, "They were in power for 65 years, it included all the dynasts. They misled us that only they could run the country but when PM Modi came, after 2014 it came to be known that the lakhs and crores of Rupees of the country used to disappear. Today, roads are being built. Villages, the poor, farmers and the oppressed are developing...Earlier these people were involved in dynasty, appeasement & corruption. Today, BJP and the entire country is saying, 'Quit India'."

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on No Confidence Motion says, "I've come to know that Union Home Amit Shah will speak in the Parliament today & my question to him is- When he went to Manipur a committee of retired chief justice of HC was set up, what work has the committee done so far? He also set up a peace committee- how many meetings did it have? Manipur's Department of Home has registered an FIR against the Assam Rifles. The Assam Rifles is under Amit Shah. What double-engine govt is working?..."

Rahul Gandhi is likely to speak on the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday -- on the second day of the debate, after the BJP called him an 'escapist' as Rahul Gandhi did not start the debate, Gaurav Gogoi did. Read more

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi says, "...If the Prime Minister is so confident- why wasn't he there on the first day of the discussion? Big words not followed by good action is what PM Modi & his govt have been all about... The problem is not what he will speak about but what his actions have brought to Manipur or Haryana & various other states. His action with regard to price rise, corruption & women's safety has been null & void...We will wait for what PM Modi has to say not just on the No Confidence Motion but also on Manipur..."

Senior RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for maintaining silence on the ongoing crisis in Manipur and said he must speak in Parliament about it.

The BJP must explain the reason behind the prime minister's stance, he said. Yadav hit out at the saffron party for allegedly dragging the names of his family members during the debate on the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha on Manipur violence. “The PM's silence on Manipur is shocking. Why is he maintaining a studied silence when Manipur is burning? He must break his silence and speak in Parliament on the violence," he said in reply to repeated questions by reporters.

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, "They have just one work. They don't think about the nation, about society, about Manipur. Their only duty is to abuse Rahul Gandhi and his family. They don't know anything else. Why are Modi and his government, his colleagues so scared of Rahul Gandhi? I find it very surprising."

A total of six bills will be moved by the government in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passing on Wednesday. This includes the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, which was introduced bill last week and was vehemently opposed by the Opposition.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill frames the rights and duties of the citizen (Digital Nagrik) on one hand and the obligations to use collected data lawfully of the Data Fiduciary on the other hand. The bill is based on the following principles around the Data Economy.

"Rahul Gandhi will speak today. He will begin from our side at 12 noon," says Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to ANI

The Congress party has called for a meeting of its Lok Sabha MPs in the party's parliamentary office at 10:30 am on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Day 1 of the debate on the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government saw the Congress and Union Ministers locking horns over the situation in Manipur which has been witnessing ethnic clashes since May.

Congress has accused the government of creating a great divide in Manipur.

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, who initiated the debate on Tuesday said the Opposition was compelled to move the no-confidence motion against the government to break Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "vow of silence" on Manipur.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore says, "Morning, evening, night - whenever there is time, I.N.D.I.A. alliance comes into Mr Modi's words. How terrified he is after the I.N.D.I.A. alliance came into picture. We can understand it. I.N.D.I.A. alliance is united and we all stood for a cause - for Manipur and we stood with the Delhi Ordinance also. The alliance is becoming stronger day by day and it's chemistry is working on the ground also."

"We greeted Gaurav Gogoi for speaking ferociously in the Parliament yesterday. We know we don't have the numbers (in Lok Sabha), but we have presented our views before the people," says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on no-confidence motion debate in Lok Sabha.

The meeting of Union Cabinet begins at Parliament House Annexe on Wednesday, ANI reported.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will speak in Lok Sabha today. Sparks flew on the first day of the debate on the no-trust motion moved by the Congress with the Opposition on Tuesday asserting that it was forced to do so to break Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'maun vrat' (vow of silence) on Manipur.

AAP MP Raghav Chadha has filed a suspension of business notice in Parliament to discuss the breakdown of law and order in the state of Manipur due to the failure of the central and state governments.

RJD MP Manoj Jha on Wednesday gave a suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the Manipur issue.

On BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's remark, Congress leader Udit Raj says, "It is the people of the country who 'set' you. You need them in order to come to the Parliament, to come to power. This is an insult to democracy. A particular person can't set their son, relative in politics...They don't believe in democracy so they made such petty remarks...Did BJP not have a serious, educated leader who could have started the discussion. They made such a petty start, that people mocked it."

Leaders from the INDIA bloc have given a privilege notice against Union minister Piyush Goyal, the leader of the house in the Rajya Sabha, over his remarks against some Opposition leaders on Tuesday. The parties whose leaders gave the notice include Congress, TMC, AAP, RJD, DMK, RJD, JDU, NCP and the Left parties.

"We have given three names from our side i.e. Rahul Gandhi, Revanth Reddy and Hebi Eden as speakers on the no-confidence motion, a Congress leader said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the opposition brought the no-confidence motion against his government to test the confidence of its own alliance members in each other as the INDIA bloc is marked by distrust among its constituents.

In his address to BJP MPs at a closed-door meeting of its parliamentary party, he described the opposition alliance as "ghamandia" (marked by arrogance) and congratulated the party's Rajya Sabha members for the "semi-final" win in voting on the Delhi services bill, some of those present inside said.

Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal quoted Modi as saying that the opposition brought the no-confidence motion despite the fact that the government enjoyed a strong majority as its members wanted to see if they were united or not.

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which entrusts the management accountability of the institutes with the President of India giving more powers to the Centre, diluting the premier Business-schools’ autonomy.

The Bill was passed by voice vote. Earlier, the Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 4.