The opposition parties on Monday staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha as their demand to hold a debate over the recent clashes along the LAC between the Indian and Chinese forces at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh was disallowed.
A Suspension of Business Notice under Rule- 267 was moved by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha to discuss the Grant of 'Special Status' to Bihar.
Meanwhile, the BJP has hit out against the Opposition protests. "There must be ideological differences but Savarkar is a freedom fighter, then ask Siddaramaiah, whose poster must be put, of Dawood Ibrahim?," Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said today in Delhi outside the Parliament.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama will move both the Bills in the afternoon. These Bills will be moved to the Upper House for consideration and return to the Lok Sabha where these have already been passed.
In a statement, Bhandari asked the newly-elected members of the House of Representatives to stake a claim for the post of Prime Minister with the support of two or more political parties in the parliament by December 25, The Kathmandu Post reported.
While speaking about the cross border terrorism in the assembly session, Awami National Party Parliamentary Leader Mohammad Asghar Khan Achakzai claimed that Pakistan had helped the Taliban in the transition of power after the US military intervened in Afghanistan.
A face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Tawang sector on December 9 led to minor injuries "to a few personnel" from both sides, sources said on Monday (December 12) and noted that both sides immediately disengaged from the area.
Canada's MP Garnett Genuis presented the petition in the parliament about the Notan Lal case, misuse of blasphemy law against minorities, abduction, and forced conversion of young girls.