The ruckus and war of words between the Treasury and Opposition over the prevailing situation in violence-scarred Manipur may stall proceedings in both Houses of the Parliament, as they reconvene for the seventh day of the ongoing Monsoon Session on Friday.
Hitting out at the opposition's I.N.D.I.A. alliance, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that parties "who used to hate each other" are now coming together "like a family."
However, a team of opposition MPs belonging to I.N.D.I.A is slated to visit Manipur on July 29 and 30 amid their demand for a detailed discussion in Parliament on the situation in the state, which has seen ethnic violence.
As Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set to move a resolution on Manipur in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendhu Adhikari on Thursday said that this resolution is politically motivated.
"Their present, past and future are black. But we hope there will be light in their life too...” Piyush Goyal said while speaking in the Upper House on Thursday.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday trained guns at the Opposition parties who have been protesting jointly, saying that moving a No-Confidence Motion against the government and wearing black clothes will serve no purpose.
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "disrespecting" the Parliament with his absence from the House and instead making political speeches in poll-bound Rajasthan.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear West Bengal Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari's appeal against the Calcutta High Court direction for the registration of an FIR against him.
A team of opposition MPs belonging to I.N.D.I.A is slated to visit Manipur on July 29 and 30 amid their demand for a detailed discussion in Parliament on the situation in the state, which has seen ethnic violence
"This is India's foreign policy, not any party's foreign policy. So when we present the achievements of India's foreign policy in front of the house but we saw that the opposition was not ready to listen at all," Jaishankar said on Thursday after the house was adjourned amid loud slogans.
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday faced second adjournment till 2 pm in a span of 20 minutes over ruckus on both treasury and the Opposition benches raising slogans against each other.
Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal on Thursday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over their comparison of Opposition's INDIA alliance with East India Company and the Indian Mujahideen and said that the people of the country know who is the enemy of Bharat or India.