Parliament winter session highlights: Lok Sabha adjourned till December 21, three crime law bills in focus

After a strong discussion over the three crime laws bills, Lok Sabha was adjourned at 9 pm on Tuesday till December 21.

BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav said in the Lok Sabha, ““For the first time, we have the provision of filing an e-FIR. The new procedures state 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for gang rape cases. All those pending judgements will be cleared sooner.”

The Lok Sabha proceedings have been extended till 9 pm for discussions regarding the criminal law bills.

It is expected that the Lok Sabha discussion on the three crime laws will come to an end soon, as the session has gone past 8pm on Tuesday.

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said, “They were enjoying while making the video. Look at their intention, they were insulting the Jat community, farmers, OBC community and the Vice President. They think that only they have the right to sit on that chair and how can a person from the Jat community or a farmer's son sit on that Chair...We condemn this act.”

The three new criminal law bills - Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill - will repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act 1872, if passed.

During discussion on the crime laws bills, BJP MP Tejaswi Surya said, “Swarajya has attained true meaning because country is moving towards respecting swabhasha, swadharma, and swadesha.”

The three bills set to replace the criminal laws in the IPC are currently under discussion in Lok Sabha till 8pm.

Congress Parliamentary Party meeting to be held tomorrow morning in Parliament. The meeting will be held by CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

The Lok Sabha proceedings have been extended till 8 pm on Tuesday for discussion on the three criminal law bills introduced in the house.

The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the House has been adjourned till tomorrow, December 20.

BJP MP Hema Malini reacted to the suspension of MPs from the Parliament and said, “They keep raising questions and display strange behaviour. So, they have been suspended. If they have been suspended, it means they have done something wrong. Work should be done in accordance with Parliament rules. They don't do it and they have been suspended. There is nothing wrong in it, this is correct.”

Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha(Second) Sanhita, Bhartiya Sakshiya (Second) Bill, Bhartiya Nyaya(Second) Sanhita are currently being discussed in the Lok Sabha.

Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023 has been passed in the Lok Sabha on December 19.

On 49 opposition MPs suspended from the Parliament for the remainder of the winter session, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram says, "Mass mechanical suspension reminds me of my school days when suddenly the Principal would come and say "all the boys who are in the playground are suspended"

Former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot slammed BJP over the suspension of MPs from Parliament and said, “The country is worried about what is happening in Parliament. Everyone knows their (BJP) agenda.”

Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam says, "The conduct of TMC MP, mocking the Vice President of the country and insulting him has put the entire nation to shame. Parliament is no place for drama. There are methods to register your opposition but mocking and insulting the Vice President is not befitting to a healthy democracy."

NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MP Supriya Sule, while speaking about the suspension of MPs from Parliament, said, “We were standing up for the farmers and demanding an enquiry (into the Parliament security breach). Why will you suspend us if we demand something for farmers? The culprit is still sitting inside (the Parliament). This is an emergency.”

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju took to X to slam Rahul Gandhi for filming TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mocking Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar. Rijiju said, “MP is mocking Hon’ble Vice President of our Country, while Rahul Gandhi is cheering and filming the contemptible act !!”