New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 PM on Tuesday as the Opposition continued to create a ruckus with heavy sloganeering during the Question Hour. Speaker Om Birla commenced the session by acknowledging and appreciating India’s medal winners at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.Following this, the Opposition MPs started with the sloganeering over the police action against the protestors at Jantar Mantar on July 20.Speaker Birla mentioned that the House will take up …
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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 5 p.m. on Monday after persistent sloganeering by Opposition members disrupted proceedings, even as the government appealed for a detailed discussion on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026. The adjournment marked the third disruption of the day, as the House repeatedly witnessed protests from Opposition benches following the introduction of the anti-paper leak legislation by the Centre.The anti-paper…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned until noon just one minute after it reconvened on Wednesday as the Opposition MPs continued to shout slogans and gather at the well of the House. Despite Speaker Om Birla’s assurances that their concerns would be addressed after the Question Hour, the uproar persisted.The Opposition MPs, holding banners, advanced to the well of the House and demanded a discussion on the NEET-UG paper leak controversy. The Speaker promised that there would be …
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Two minutes after reconvening, the Lok Sabha was adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday after the Opposition ignored repeated requests from the Chair to remain seated and maintain the decorum of the House. This is the fourth time on Monday the Lower House was adjourned due to continued heavy sloganeering by the Opposition benches.Earlier, Dilip Saikia in the Chair tried to bring the House in order; however, the din did not fade.Saikia requested the members to be seated for th…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) On the eve of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Lok Sabha met on Sunday under the chairpersonship of Speaker Om Birla, who sought suggestions from all political parties on issues of public interest. During the meeting, the Speaker invited representatives from all political parties in the Lok Sabha to put forward their views on matters they want to be included in the list of business to be transacted during the session.Member…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) In what appears to be a widening rift within the Trinamool Congress, the party’s Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha, Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday refuted the allegations made against him by fellow MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, and said that he would now write to Speaker Om Birla seeking he provide the sanction sought by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute her in the Narada sting operation case. Notably, sanctions in the case were also sought against Trinamool MPs Sa…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Lok Sabha witnessed repeated disruptions on Friday over sloganeering by the Opposition members leading to the adjournment of the House twice – first till 12 noon and then till 2 PM. The Opposition members sought debate on the shortages and short supply of LPG and kept raising slogans, despite the Chair turning down the request for the same.When the House resumed at 12 noon, chaos prevailed as the Opposition members kept shouting slogans. They stormed into the Wel…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that a member of the panel of chairpersons can preside over the Lok Sabha when a resolution to remove the Speaker is being considered. In response to this Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi stated that “in future, when there will be research on parliamentary records, statistics will tell that Kiren Rijiju was the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, who interrupted the Opposition the most.”This exchange came as Gaurav …
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday issued a three-line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs, instructing them to remain present in the House next week, when the second phase of the Budget Session commences.The directive stated that “very important legislative business” will be taken up in the House on March 9-10, and it thus necessitates their presence.The instructions to all the BJP members in Lok Sabha come amid likely discussion on the motion in the House, seeking t…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday claimed that Congress MPs misbehaved with Speaker Om Birla in his chamber and abused him, calling it “unprecedented and never seen before” in parliamentary parlance. The explosive ‘disclosures’ by the Union Minister are set to kick up a fresh row, and add more intensity to the already bitter confrontation between the government and the opposition. Speaking to scribes ahead of Wednesday’s session, Kiren…