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Amid uproar after 4 motions of the opposition under rule 267 were dismissed, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM

Minutes after beginning, Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 PM

The BJP triggered another row over alleged insult to BR Ambedkar by sharing an edited photo of the opposition MPs' protest. The pictures of Dr. Ambedkar were replaced by that of George Soros.

Congress' KC Venugopal reacted to it and said," The BJP is brazen in its insult and ridicule of Dr. Ambedkar. Instead of submitting ensuring the Home Minister is removed from his post for the immense hurt caused to the crores of Babasaheb’s followers by Amit Shah’s statements, they are doubling down on the ridicule."

Lashing out at the BJP over Amit Shah's remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Thursday that they do not have basic respect for the person who is regarded as the Constitution maker.

BJP MPs staged a protest in front of the parliament building alleging insult to BR Ambedkar amid Amit Shah remarks row.

Amid a controversy over Union Home Minister's remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar, Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said on Thursday that Amit Shah has gone mad and he should renounce politics and leave.

"Amit Shah has gone mad. He must have hatred for Babasaheb Ambedkar. We condemn this madness of his. Babasaheb Ambedkar is great. He should renounce politics and leave," Lalu Yadav said, according to ANI.

Former Union ministers Anurag Thakur and P P Chaudhary from the BJP, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress are set to be among the 21 Lok Sabha members, who will be part of the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise two bills on simultaneous elections.

Parshottambhai Rupala, Bhartruhari Mahtab, Anil Baluni, C M Ramesh, Bansuri Swaraj, Vishnu Dayal Ram and Sambit Patra are among the BJP's Lok Sabha members to be part of the panel.

Manish Tewari and Sukhdeo Bhagat of the Congress, Shrikant Shinde of the Shiv Sena, Dharmendra Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, Kalyan Banerjee of the TMC, T M Selvaganapathi of the DMK, G M Harish Balayogi of the TDP, Supriya Sule of the NCP (Sharad Pawar), Chandan Chauhan of the RLD and Balashowry Vallabhaneni of the Jana Sena Party are other Lok Sabha members, according to PTI.

Dr BR Ambedkar's grandson Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on the father of the Constitution reflected the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘same old mentality’. Read here what the Vanchit Bahujan Agadi leader said.

The Congress has planned a countrywide protest on Thursday seeking Union home minister Amit Shah's resignation amid a row related to his remarks on BR Ambedkar, which he made on Tuesday in Rajya Sabha. More details here.

HM Amit Shah held a press conference and accused Congress of being "anti-BR Ambedkar and anti-Constitution".

Shah responded to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's call for his resignation, saying it won't make a difference to the Congress party's fate. Shah claimed that the Congress party will remain in the opposition for the next 15 years, regardless of his resignation. More details here

Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday submitted an Adjournment Motion notice in the Lok Sabha, demanding an urgent discussion on remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his Constitution Day speech in the Rajya Sabha, and called for both an apology and resignation from him, PTI reported.

The Union government will formally move a motion in the Lok Sabha on Thursday to constitute a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on two bills that aim to usher in simultaneous national and state elections, and propose the names of 21 lawmakers of the Lower House as members. More details here.