Parliament Highlights: Both houses adjourned till 11am on Wednesday

The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 11am on Wednesday. 

Opposition leaders including Nationalist Congress Party's Sharad Pawar, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's TR Baalu, Communist Party of India's (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury held a met with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at her residence to chalk out the strategy for tomorrow's protests against the suspension of 12 MPs .

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 11am on Wednesday.

Rajya Sabha passed the Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The bill permits extension of the tenure by upto one year at a time till the completion of five years from the initial date of appointment.

Union minister Jitendra Singh invoked Sardar Vallabhai Patel's quote during his reign as home minister. “Fight against corruption is a collective responsibility of all the political parties,” Singh quoted Patel.

The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved significantly since August 2019 and there has been a significant decline in terrorist incidents, Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai says in a written reply in Parliament.

“206 terrorist incidents took place in this year till 5th December,” he added.

The Rajya Sabha has passed the Delhi Special Police Establishment (amendment) Bill, 2021. The Bill seeks amendment in the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.

“There are boundary disputes between Andhra Pradesh-Odisha, Haryana-Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh-Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra-Karnataka, Assam-Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Nagaland, Assam-Meghalaya, Assam-Mizoram,” the government informed the Lok Sabha.

All-round development of Gorkhas including those living in West Bengal is one of the top priorities of government. In a meeting with Gorkhas in October, it was said that their aspirations would be met within Constitutional framework and in consultation with West Bengal: Nityanand Rai in Lok Sabha 

Opposition lawmakers have walked out of the Rajya Sabha to mark their protest against the suspension of 12 MPs.

The Rajya Sabha has resumed proceedings.

As per available information, there're boundary disputes arising out of demarcation of boundaries and claims and counter-claims over territories between some states. Some matters related to division of assets are pending between AP-Telangana and Bihar-Jharkhand: Nityanand Rai in Lok Sabha

Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday held a march from Parliament to Vijay Chowk seeking the revocation of the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs.

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2pm following sloganeering by opposition lawmakers who are demanding the revocation of the suspension of 12 MPs. 

"Let's maintain decency and decorum in the House. Unruly and unparliamentary behavior is not going to work at all," Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu tells the House.

Opposition lawmakers from both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha will hold a march in Delhi on Tuesday to protest against the suspension of the 12 Upper House MPs, reported news agency ANI. Read more

The Lok Sabha is discussing the PLI Scheme for Auto Sector.

Floor leaders of Opposition parties in both the Houses of Parliament are holding a meeting at the office of LoP in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss strategy for further agitation to press for the demand of revoking suspension of the 12 MPs.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Dr V Sivadasan has given a Suspension of Business Notice under rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue of rising inflation in the country.

The frequent terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir show that the government's policy on Kashmir has completely failed: Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

The Rajya Sabha chairman has full powers to suspend any rule, issue direction, or revoke it but government is not letting him do it. I request the to use his powers to bring back these 12 (suspended) MPs to the House: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has written to the Chairman of the House requesting him to withdraw external security forces that are posted in the lobbies in reference to the harassment of opposition lawmakers during the Monsoon Session.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha "to discuss the intrusion of Chinese military into the Indian territory and direct the government to take immediate action to prevent intrusion"

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha over privatisation in the banking sector.

Union minister Jitendra Singh to move The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and The Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021, for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha today.

A meeting of Opposition floor leaders from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha will be held to discuss the strategy for the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, at 10am on Tuesday.