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Parliament highlights: Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha adjourned till Thursday
Parliament session LIVE updates, December 21, 2022: The winter session that commenced on December 7 will continue till December 29. It includes a total of 17 working days, and 16 new bills are on the Centre's agenda in this session.
The winter session of Parliament resumed at 11am today after both Houses were adjourned Tuesday following multiple disruptions. Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has called “like-minded opposition leaders” for a stir in front of Gandhi statue at 10.15am, demanding a discussion on the December 9 face-off between Indian and Chinse troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. As many as 12 parties will participate....Read More
The Tawang clash remained one of the key reasons for a disruption-filled Parliament on Tuesday. The opposition placed several notices in Parliament, and one was on the LAC clash.
Disruptions in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were also caused due to Congress leader Ajay Rai's derogatory remarks on Union minister Smriti Irani. Rai had accused the BJP leader of visiting her Lok Sabha constituency - Amethi - only to show ‘latkas’ and ‘jhatkas’ - a reference to dance moves. As a reply, Irani had dared Congress MP Rahul Gandhi - who lost the seat to Irani in 2019 general elections - to contest from Amethi.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge's ‘dog’ comment on the saffron camp drew angry protests aimed at him at both Houses of Parliament. At a rally in Alwar, Rajasthan on Monday during the Congress party's ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Kharge claimed that while his side stood for the nation and helped get independence, the BJP did not even lose a dog. The Congress president, however, stood his ground while highlighting that his statements during the march were made outside Parliament, and thus, need not be discussed.
The Repealing and Amending Bill was introduced on Monday in Lok Sabha and the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill was also passed. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Appropriation Bill in Rajya Sabha.
The winter session, which began on December 7, will continue till December 29. The period includes a total of 17 working days, and 16 new bills are on the Centre's agenda in this session.
Rajya Sabha adjourned
Rajya Sabha adjourned. To meet at 11 am on Thursday.
Lok Sabha adjourned
Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Thursday.
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Rajya Sabha nominates joint committee of Parliament to examine the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022
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BJP- Ghanshyam Tiwari, Surendra Singh Nagar, Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik and Ram Chander Jangra
Congress- Rajani Ashokrao Patil
Trinamool Congress- Sukhendu Sekhar Ray
DMK- N R Elango
AAP- Vikramjit Singh Sahney
BJD- Sujeet Kumar
YSRCP- S Niranjan Reddy
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FM Sitharaman praises PLI scheme: Private investment capex due to such policies
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Just because a state has great recoveries, doesn't mean that drug abuse is rampant there: Shah on Gujarat's Mundra port drug seizure
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HM Shah attacks states for not helping central agencies in drug trafficking cases
Shah said, those states that don't help central agencies, are enabling drug traffickers. He added, NIA has been empowered by Parliament to carry out investigations along with NCB into drug trafficking.
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Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2pm
Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2pm.
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Lok Sabha adjourned till 12pm due to disruptions over Tawang clash
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Sonia Gandhi, other Cong leaders protest demanding discussion on Tawang clash
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Cong MPs Manish Tewari, Manickam Tagore give Adjournment Motion notice in LS over Tawang clash
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Kharge calls ‘like-minded’ Oppn leaders to protest in front of Gandhi
Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has called “like-minded opposition leaders” for a protest in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament on Wednesday. As many as 12 parties will protest, demanding a discussion on the December 9 Tawang clash between Indian and Chinese troops.
