Hitting out at the disturbances in the Upper House during the just concluded Winter Session of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha Chairman on Thursday said that he is pained after learning that 22 hours were lost due to 'avoidable disruptions' adding that weaponizing them as a political strategy
Amid the ongoing suspension spree of opposition MPs in Parliament, DMK's Tiruchi Siva criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his silence on the security breach incident that happened in Lok Sabha on December 13 while reiterating the opposition's demand that Shah issue a statement in H
A total of 143 MPs--97 from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya Sabha--have been suspended so far for creating a ruckus and disrupting proceedings in both Houses.
Asserting that the Modi Government delivers on the promises it makes, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said earlier Congress came to power many times and kept giving dates but never fulfilled the assurances it made to the people.
As the session resumes at Lok Sabha, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is to move a bill to amend and consolidate the law relating to the development, expansion and operation of telecommunication services and telecommunication networks; assignment of spectrum in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Opposition created a massive ruckus in both Houses of Parliament, leading to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha getting adjourned till 2 pm within minutes of the commencement of the session on Friday.
Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha seeking to discuss the security breach that occurred in Parliament on December 13 this week.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday slammed the government's move to suspend 13 MPs from Parliament, saying they wanted discussion on Lok Sabha security breach and the ruling party at the Centre is "now shooting the messenger"
Blaming the Parliament security breach on an 'intelligence failure' by the Centre, Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday demanded a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the matter, saying that he cannot run away from the situation.
After a security breach at the new Parliament building sent shockwaves throughout the nation, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi revealed that she had previously flagged concern over a huge crowd pouring into the visitors' gallery of the Rajya Sabha Parliament.