The ongoing winter session of Parliament resumed on Tuesday a day after the Congress party demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi forinsinuating his predecessor Manmohan Singh colluded with Pakistan in Gujarat polls.
A parliamentarian from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also brought up Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh election results, saying in the Lower House that BJP was headed for a victory in both states.
The winter session began on December 15 and it will conclude on January 5 next year.
Live updates:
12:15pm: MPs agree to take the issue of Modi’s allegations against Manmohan Singh outside the House.
12:10pm: RS chairperson Venkaiah Naidu firmly asks parties to keep the sanctity of the House and suggests the parties should meet outside to discuss Congress’ displeasure over allegations against Manmohan Singh.
12:04pm: Ruckus in Rajya Sabha after MPs protest as Ghulam Nabi Azad starts talking about Manmohan Singh. “His loyalty to the country has been questioned.”
12pm: Lok Sabha session resumes.
Party will decide who will become the chief minister in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar pic.twitter.com/rHiLENrmAh
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2017
11:45am: Issue of special courts for criminal netas raised in Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Anand Sharma says, “The government should ensure allocation of adequate funds for setting up enough number of courts so that people do not remain in prison for long periods and the trial is done.”
11:40am: Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Pratap Singh Bajwa raises the issue of financial help for farmers to prevent stubble burning, says “should be done this year itself”
11:36am: Lok Sabha has been adjourned till noon amid protests by Opposition.
11:33am: Sumitra Mahajan appeals to protesting parliamentarians to stop making a ruckus in the Lok Sabha.
11:31am: Vivek Gupta, of AITC, asks a question about the government’s plans to reduce stubble burning and air pollution in Delhi-NCR region. He says in the Upper House that it is an issue that impacts everyone.
11:30am: BJP leader Parvesh Sahib Singh says in Lok Sabha terrorism will go down in the country if BJP is elected to power repeatedly.
11:25am: Law should be for everybody, legislators alone should not be singled out: Congress’ Ghulam Nabi Azad says in Rajya Sabha on special courts for politicians.
11:20am: Rajya Sabha debates about the special courts set up to try cases against politicians.
11:15am: MB Rajesh, CPI(M) leader, speaks about “ease of doing farming” in India and the rate of growth of Minimum Support Price in the country. “Will the govt implement Swaminathan board’s recommendation in a time-bound manner?”
11:12am: In Rajya Sabha, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien brings up the issue of FRDI Bill.
11:10am: Parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar appeals to Congress leaders to go back to their seats and participate in the Question-Answer round instead of gathering in the Well of the House.
Congress responds with loud slogans.
11:06am: Opposition leaders chant slogans in Lok Sabha, demanding that Prime Minister Modi apologise to Manmohan Singh.
11:04am: Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan says to protesting parliamentarians the election has ended and the results or politics shouldn’t spill into the House.
11am: Rajya Sabha begins proceedings, starting with obituary references. The Question Hour round begins in the Lower House of Parliament.
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