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Parliament budget session: Both Houses adjourned for the day, to reconvene on Friday 11 AM
LiveLok Sabha had adjourned its proceedings til 2 PM today, after Speaker Om Birla spoke for the first since the motion for his removal was raised.
"For the third time in the parliamentary history of independent India, the Lok Sabha discussed a motion of no-confidence. I have always strived to ensure that every member in the House expresses their views on issues within the rules and procedures," Birla said.
Speaker Birla presided over the proceedings amid sloganeering by Opposition benches. According to the Lok Sabha's list of business, the House is set to discuss and vote on the second batch of demands for grants.
Following the House approving the discussion, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is also set to move to introduce the Approriation Bill, 2026 meant to authorise payment and approration of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of the 2025-26 financial year.
The Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Railways for 2026-27 is also set to be taken up for voting and subsequent discussion.
Earlier on March 11, the motion for the removal of speaker of Lok Sabha, signed by over 118 Opposition MPs, was defeated on Wednesday by a voice vote. The motion had originally been submitted in the first stage of the budget session, with discussions taking place on March 10 and 11. The Speaker of the House, Om Birla had decided to move away from chairing the proceedings until the vote on the motion was completed.
The proceedings of Rajya Sabha is set to commence at 11 AM too.
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17 Apr, 2026 13:37
DMK MP Kanimozhi on Friday criticised the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, calling the delimitation process to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha, the "greatest assault on the federal structure."
Addressing the Lok Sabha while adorning a black saree in protest, Kanimozhi criticised the Centre's move to notify the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, in the Gazette last night, when one-third reservation for women legislators is being discussed in Parliament.
The DMK MP said, "I not only stand as a representative of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, but also eight crore people who have been told amidst the elections that their votes will count less and their voice in this Parliament will be diminished. It is really shocking. We are discussing the Bill here, so what was the need to notify it yesterday? What is the respect you have for this House? These three bills are disguised as if they are in support of reservation for women, constitute the single greatest assault on federal structure."
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said linking women's reservation to the delimitation exercise is "holding aspirations of Indian women hostage" and warned that delimitation could "tear the fabric of federalism," urging that it be discussed in detail and not rushed through.
Speaking in the lower house of the Parliament on the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, urged the government to pass the Women's Reservation Bill immediately, while deferring discussions on delimitation.
"The Prime Minister says the Government has bought Nari Shakti a gift of justice. But he has wrapped it in barbed wire, tethering the implementation of women's reservation to the expansion of Parliament, to numbers from the 2011 Census and an exercise of delimitation. Why must we entangle a moral imperative with a demographic minefield? Women's reservation is ready for harvest... To link it to delimitation is to hold the aspirations of Indian women hostage to one of the most contentious and complex administrative exercises in our nation's history," he said.
12 Mar, 2026 10:42Rahul Gandhi joins Congress leaders staging a protest in the Parliament premises over the reports of nationwide shortage of LPG gas cylinders.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said linking women's reservation to the delimitation exercise is "holding aspirations of Indian women hostage" and warned that delimitation could "tear the fabric of federalism," urging that it be discussed in detail and not rushed through.
Speaking in the lower house of the Parliament on the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, urged the government to pass the Women's Reservation Bill immediately, while deferring discussions on delimitation.
"The Prime Minister says the Government has bought Nari Shakti a gift of justice. But he has wrapped it in barbed wire, tethering the implementation of women's reservation to the expansion of Parliament, to numbers from the 2011 Census and an exercise of delimitation. Why must we entangle a moral imperative with a demographic minefield? Women's reservation is ready for harvest... To link it to delimitation is to hold the aspirations of Indian women hostage to one of the most contentious and complex administrative exercises in our nation's history," he said.
