Parliament winter session highlights: Three crime law bills, telecom bill passed in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha

Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow, December 21.

Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day and the session will resume on December 21, Thursday.

Delhi minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj told ANI,"I have heard several of Prime Minister's speeches both inside and outside the Parliament wherein he has mimicked others and made gestures...PM is the tallest leader in the country. If he presents some examples, I don't think the BJP has the right to point fingers at others...Where was VP Dhankhar when Olympian daughters of Jats were sitting at Jantar Mantar and demanding their rights...? When Jat leaders were sitting at Delhi borders over farm laws, where was he? He is only doing politics...He should be neutral, what he is doing now is wrong."

Rajya Sabha passed the Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023 to provide for the immediate effect for a limited period of provisions in Bills relating to the imposition or increase of duties of customs or excise. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday, 19th December. (ANI)

The Telecommunications Bill, 2023, has been passed in Lok Sabha with voice vote. Communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw did not clarify whether or not online communication services are included within the ambit of the Bill despite being asked about it by at least three MPs.

The three momentous criminal law bills set to replace the IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act have been passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

After Amit Shah's speech in the Lok Sabha, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023 was passed in the Lower House.

Two more MPs have been suspended from the Lok Sabha on Wednesday due to misconduct after a resolution moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was adopted by the House.

Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha said, "In CrPC there were 484 sections, now there will be 531 sections in it. Changes have been made in 177 sections and 9 new sections have been added. 39 new sub-sections have been added. 44 new provisions have been added..."

On the Rajya Sabha mimicry row, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the incident is a “black stain” on Indian democratic traditions.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and return further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.

A complaint has been filed with the Parliament Ethics Committee regarding the Rajya Sabha Chairman mimicry row, seeking the expulsion of MP Kalyan Banerjee from House.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar said, “I don't care about how much you insult Jagdeep Dhankhar. But I can't tolerate (insult of) Vice President of India, farmers community, my community... I will not tolerate that I could not protect the dignity of my post, it is my duty to protect the dignity of this House.”

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday.

Speaking about the security breach in Parliament, LoP in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge demanded the PM's response in the incident. He said, "Has the PM boycotted the House that he is not coming and making a statement in the House?"

NDA MPs in Rajya Sabha took part in House proceeding to express their respects to Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar after TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicked him on Tuesday.

On suspension of 141 opposition MPs, LoP Rajya Sabha & Cong President Mallikarjun Kharge says, "We will continue our protest until the suspension of MPs is revoked..."

Opposition MPs protested against the Central government in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament premises.

Suspended Opposition MPs protested against the government at Parliament's Makar Dwar on Wednesday. Watch visuals.

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 11:15 hours after a few members of the Opposition carrying placard entered the Well of the house demanding a statement from Union Home Minister on the security breach issue.