Parliament Winter Session highlights: Lok Sabha adjourned till December 14

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's reference to the death of judge B H Loya "long before his time" created uproar in Lok Sabha. The House was adjourned twice.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju has accused her of raising a matter which has been settled by the Supreme Court and warned of “appropriate parliamentary action”, reported PTI.

There have been cases of seizure of passports of the Indian nationals, who have travelled to Yemen over the past few years in contravention of the travel ban to that country, and 579 passports have been seized and received till date in passport offices across India, the Central government informed Parliament, PTI reports.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 6:15 pm amid continuous uproar by BJP and opposition members over remarks by TMC leader Mahua Moitra.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Amid ruckus, Speaker Om Birla has adjourned the Lok Sabha till 5.53pm

"Priyanka Gandhi's speech was of an average level, there wasn't anything special in it, but in terms of decency, it was better than Rahul Gandhi's speech. Whether it was... her honesty or something else, she criticised the Himachal government, but she seemed hesitated when reminded about present Congress government there. Her speech did not meet the expectations of the House," BJP MP Manoj Tiwari tells PTI.

Parliament Winter Session Live: On the ruckus in Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh tells PTI: “Rajya Sabha Chairman had made up his mind and was excited to listen to his praise. Everyone was praising him. When our leaders asked for time, it was not granted. Kharge ji was insulted.”

Parliament Winter Session Live: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's maiden speech in the Lok Sabha on Friday received a strong show of support from her brother, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the House Rahul Gandhi along with other party leaders. When asked about Priyanka's speech, Rahul Gandhi said her sister's first Lok Sabha address was better than his maiden speech in the House as a new MP. More details here.

Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge on the maiden address of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Lok Sabha tells reporters: "Excellent speech. Very good. She put all the facts before the Government - how the Constitution is being misused and they are not protecting women & people of this country...We are very happy about her performance."

Speaking in Lok Sabha during discussion on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of India, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav says: "This Constitution is our armour, our security, it provides us strength from time to time. Constitution is the true guardian of the rights of the oppressed, neglected, suppressed and deprived. This Constitution is a great help. For people like us and the weak in the country, especially for PDA, saving the Constitution is a matter of life and death."

Parliament Winter Session Live: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav says that Caste census will bridge gap among castes. “Whenever we get opportunity, we will conduct caste census,” he adds.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Akhilesh Yadav, while speaking on the 75th anniversary of the Constitution, said, “Without economic justice, neither social nor political justice can be achieved. By taking undue advantage of poverty, the government of wealthy businessmen distributes money in elections, thereby hijacking political justice.”

Parliament Winter Session Live: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that through lateral entry and privatisation, the government is trying to weaken reservation. She added that had the results of the Lok Sabha elections been different, they would have begun working on changing the Constitution. She added that the government is repeatedly speaking about the Constitution now because they have realised that the people of India will protect it.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Priyanka Gandhi while adressing the Lok Sabha said, "Prime Minister touches the Constitution to his forehead here in the House, when cries for justice come from Sambhal, Hathras, and Manipur, no wrinkle appears on his forehead. Perhaps he has not understood that India's Constitution is not the Constitution of Sangh," said Priyanka Gandhi.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, speaking in the Lok Sabha during the discussion on the 75th anniversary of the Indian Constitution said, “A few people from the bereaved families of Sambhal had come to meet us. There were two children among them - Adnan and Uzair. One of them was my son's age and the other was younger, 17 years of age. Their father was a tailor. The tailor had just one dream - that he would get his children educated, one son would become a doctor and the other too would be successful. The Police shot their father dead. The 17-year-old Adnan told me that he would grow up to be a doctor and realise his father's dream. This dream and hope was instilled in his heart by the Constitution of India.”

Parliament Winter Session Live: In her maiden Lok Sabha speech, Priyanka Gandhi attacked the BJP, saying that if the results of the general elections had been different, they would have started changing the Constitution. "The truth is that today the Constitution is being repeatedly spoken of because in this election, they realised that the people of this country will keep the Constitution safe," said Priyanka Gandhi.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Rajnath Singh said that many postcolonial democracies and their Constitutions did not endure, yet the Indian Constitution has remained strong, continuing to play a crucial role in upholding the world’s largest democracy. He acknowledged the vital role of the Supreme Court as the custodian and interpreter of the Constitution and emphasised that while there is talk of protecting the Constitution, it is important to recognise those who have respected it and those who have not.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Rajnath Singh said that there was a time when the Indian Constitution and parliamentary laws were not fully implemented in certain states. However, the government has now ensured the implementation of the Constitution in every state, and the positive outcomes of this decision are being observed nationwide.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Defence minister and BJP MP Rajnath Singh said that 75 years ago, the Constituent Assembly completed the process of drafting a Constitution for the newly-independent India. “After nearly three years of rigorous debate and deliberation, the nation received its Constitution. The document crafted by the Assembly was not merely a legal text but an expression of the will of the people” he said while speaking in the Lok Sabha.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Rajnath Singh said that the thoughts of leaders like Madan Mohan Malviya, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, and Veer Savarkar have significantly contributed to strengthening the Constitution.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Rajnath Singh said that the contribution of several leaders in the making of the Constitution has been deliberately ignored. He added that the truth is the Constitution is an expression of India’s civilisational values.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Parliament Winter Session Live: Defence minister Rajnath Singh, during the Lok Sabha discussion on the Constitution, said that in recent years, efforts have been made to portray the Constitution as the work of a single party. He said that the Constitution is a collective achievement of the entire nation, shaped by the contributions of many leaders.

Parliament Winter Session Live: Defence minister Rajnath Singh, while discussing the 75th anniversary of the Constitution, said, “We are fortunate to be witness to the Amrut Mahotsav of our Constitution.”

Parliament Winter Session Live: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that India would like to have good ties with Pakistan, like with any other neighbour, but those ties must be free of terrorism. He said, “We have made it very clear that it is for the Pakistani side to show that they are changing the behaviour of the past, and if they don’t, of course, there will be implications for the relationship and for them. The ball is very much in Pakistan's court.”

Parliament Winter Session Live: NCP (SP) Rajya Sabha MP Fauzia Khan commented on the ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal, saying, “We will see it when it is tabled and evaluate its implications. While we agree it could save expenses, we must also consider the practicalities. Currently, elections are conducted in multiple phases across states. How will we manage this nationwide? We need to study the delimitation factors and how the boundaries will be drawn.”

Parliament Winter Session Live: On the 23rd anniversary of the Parliament attack, BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai remarked that terrorism continues to be a significant issue, often supported by neighbouring countries. He also mentioned that some people within the country, for political reasons, back those involved in terrorism and oppose actions like Afzal Guru's execution. Regarding the Constitution debate in the Lok Sabha, he said that the two-day discussion would strengthen the Constitution and dispel any false narratives surrounding it.