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…
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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…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was briefly adjourned on Thursday after the Opposition created a ruckus in the House by raising slogans. Speaker Om Birla advised the Opposition MPs to maintain the decorum of the House; however, when the sloganeering did not stop, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon.This comes amid days of disruptions in the Parliament following the ex-Army chief’s book row and India-US trade deal.Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address in Parliament,…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was briefly adjourned five minutes after reconvening on Wednesday amid the constant ruckus created by the Opposition MPs. Speaker Om Birla urged the Opposition benches to let the Question House proceed; however, the MPs continued with their sloganeering. The House was subsequently adjourned till noon.Earlier in the day, Congress MP Manish Tewari submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha, seeking a discussion on the India-US trade agreement. Ind…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Monday saw a heated exchange between the Congress and the ruling BJP over former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s “unpublished” book on the Doklam stand-off between India and China in 2020. As the war of words escalated into a direct face-off between LoP Rahul Gandhi and top Union Ministers, Speaker Om Birla, seeing no signs of abatement and let-up in the stand-off, adjourned the House till 3 p.m.Gandhi, who initiated the Opposition’s respon…