Since March 5, when Parliament had reassembled for the budget session after recess, the Lok Sabha has seen disruptions on a daily basis.
Amid noisy protests, the House had passed the Finance Bill and the appropriation bills on Wednesday without any discussion.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till Monday.
Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday.
Lok Sabha adjourned till noon.
PTI reports:
The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were disrupted for the 10th consecutive day today as TDP, YSR Congress, AIADMK and RJD continued their noisy protests over various issues, including the banking scam and special status for Andhra Pradesh.
As soon as Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took up the Question Hour, members from these parties trooped into the Well holding placards.
While members from the TDP, YSR Congress, TRS, AIADMK and RJD were in the Well raising slogans and holding placards, MPs from the Samajwadi Party and Left were seen standing at their seats and shouting slogans.
The House also paid respect to three departed former members and noted physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who passed away recently. Tributes were also paid to nine CRPF personnel, who were killed in a IED blast in Chhattisgarh, on March 13.
MPs take oath
Amid loud cheers by opposition members, three newly elected MPs, whose victories have given a fresh impetus to the BJP’s opponents, took oath in the Lok Sabha today.
The new members — one of the RJD and two from Samajwadi Party, defeated BJP candidates in the elections held last week.
The members — RJD’s Sarfaraz Alam from Araria in Bihar, and SP’s Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel, elected from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh and Praveen Kumar Nishad from Gorakhpur constituency, took oath in Hindi.
The SP members won from constituencies earlier held by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath and the Deputy Chief Minister K P Maurya.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2.30 p.m.
PTI reports:
The Rajya Sabha witnessed an abrupt adjournment following a brief argument between Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu and some Congress members soon after the House assembled for the day.
After tabling of the listed papers, Mr. Naidu expressed his anguish saying the House has not functioned ever since it resumed on March 5 after recess during the Budget session.
Before adjourning the House till 2.30 p.m., Mr. Naidu said there were larger issues like banking scam, Cauvery river water sharing, demand for a special package to Andhra Pradesh and sealing in the national capital, which were agitating the minds of people and needed to be discussed.
He said notices have been given by members on these issues and he has agreed for a discussion on them but yet the House was not taking up the debate.
Mr. Naidu hoped that the House would function normally from next week and have constructive debate.
“I am very much pained that the Upper House of Parliament is not able to transact its business for last two weeks.
Don’t test my patience...We are meeting, greeting and not doing anything and adjourning,” the Chairman said.
In the backdrop of repeated adjournments of the House with protesting members trooping into the Well, raising slogans and some even carrying placards, Mr. Naidu said issues cannot be decided physically as at the end of the day “we have to go by consensus or by the majority of the House.”
“You can’t dictate something and say whether you go my way or the highway. That is no way, I must tell you,” he said, adding that the Chair would not allow such a thing.
Mr. Naidu appealed to members to ensure smooth functioning of the House before “I take extreme views".
As he was making the appeal, Congress member Satyabrat Chaturvedi stood up and said he agreed with the Chair, but sought to know whether it was for the first time that he is witnessing such a scenario in Parliament.
To this, Mr. Naidu asked if somebody committed a mistake in the past, does it mean that he should also do the same.
“Do you want this sort of a thing to continue?... Is that your suggestion. This is your party view,” he said.
As some other Congress members were on their feet trying to join the issue simultaneously, Mr. Naidu adjourned the House till 2.30 p.m.
Following is today’s business for the two Houses of Parliament:
Lok Sabha:
Bills to be introduced:
The Trafficking of Persons (Preventive Protection and Rehalibilitation) Bill;
The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill.
Bill for consideration and passing:
The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill.
Discussion on alleged systemic irregularities in banking sector and its impact on Indian economy.
Private Members’ Business.
Rajya Sabha:
Private Members’ Business.
