Rajya Sabha adjourned to meet at 9 am tomorrow

14:05 February 03

House adjourned to meet at 9 am tomorrow.

14:00 February 03

Elamaram Kareem slams Centre

Elamaram Kareem, MP from Kerala said that the farm laws appease corporates while farmers face hardship. He also added that India's GDP continues to contract and the Centre's five trillion economy promise is part of fake propaganda. The government should focus on liquidity. He slammed UP government's 'love jihad' law stating that it is an attack against inter-faith marriages.

13:32 February 03

Prof Ram Gopal Yadav said that Singhu , Ghazipur borders witness stringent protection unlike in Parliament and India-Pakistan borders.

13:12 February 03

Farm laws not sent to Standing Committee: Prof Ram Gopal Yadav

Prof Ram Gopal Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP from Uttar Pradesh suggested that after the repeal of farm laws, the laws can be placed in the House again, sent to Standing Committee and implemented after proper consultation and discussion. He reiterated that the laws were not sent to the Standing Committee.

13:06 February 03

NEP appreciable : TRS MP

Dr K Keshava Rao, MP from Telangana said the efforts taken by both government and farmers' union to discuss on the issue deserves appreciation. He also lauded the National Education Policy stating that a letter was sent to the Prime Minister to include three languages in public examinations.

12:45 February 03

Tiruchi Siva, MP from Tamil Nadu mentioned that even though 22 languages are used in the House, the Government uses Hindi more in its procedures in states. He also said that youth are deprived of jobs.

12:12 February 03

Demand for special status for Odisha

Prasanna Acharya, MP from Odisha raised the demand for special status for the state. He stated that Odisha is often ravaged by natural calamities and in order to abridge the economic inequality, special status is required. 

He added that Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes population is high in the state and the state evidently lags behind economically compared to other states like Gujarat.

11:27 February 03

Gulam Nabi Azad, Leader of Opposition appeals for repeal of farm laws

Gulam Nabi Azad stated that they do not support Pakistan. Rather we are never against food-producing farmers, he said. He pleaded for the repeal of farm laws.

He also added that what happened in Red Fort on R-Day was unacceptable. Those who indulged in the insult of Tricolour should be punished. It should also be ensured that innocent farmers should not be made liable for the unlawful act convolutedly, he said.

After uproar and movement against draconian laws on farming, British had repealed the laws in United India. The laws denied farmers' right to construct building, inheritance right to heirs if the first boy child dies in Punjab. 

He also mentioned that after the abrogation of Article 370, the tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir has been struggling.

11:04 February 03

House starts the discussion on motion of thanks and farmers' protest

10:49 February 03

Farm laws lauded

Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, MP from Uttar Pradesh lauded farm laws stating that one lakh crore has been allocated for building infrastructure for agriculture. The laws would relieve the constraints farmers faced while selling their produce in markets in other states. Farmers' children would be able to create jobs, he said. Ethanol production is also boosted, he added. 

10:21 February 03

Adjournment motion notice filed

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the farmers' protest

10:12 February 03

House resumes proceedings.

09:45 February 03

House adjourned to meet at 9:40 am following sloganeering.

09:44 February 03

Three AAP MPs suspended

Citing Rule 255, Sanjay Singh , Sushil Kumar Gupta, N D Gupta were withdrawn from the House by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaih Naidu. He said that the action is sought against their conduct.

09:38 February 03

Rajmanu Patel, INC leader of Madhya Pradesh suggested to deliver justice to farmers suffering from the pitfall of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.

09:37 February 03

Subash Chandra Bose, YSRCP leader of Andhra Pradesh demanded that cost of production of handlooms should be reduced.

09:35 February 03

Sedition law need to be repealed

Digvijaya Singh, INC leader of Madhya Pradesh raised concern over sedition charges against Shashi Tharoor. He said that the law was imposed by Britishers and many countries repealed the law.It curbs freedom of speech, he said.

09:18 February 03

Four Tamil Nadu fishermen missing 

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva raised concern over missing of four Tamil Nadu fishermen on January 19, 2021. He claimed that they were brutally attacked and killed by the Sri Lankan Navy. 

M Thambidurai, AIADMK leader condemned the issue alleging that they were killed.

S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, said that the Centre has taken strong action against Sri Lanka. He said that the incident is unacceptable.

09:12 February 03

There's a restriction on the usage of cellular phones within Rajya Sabha chambers. It has been observed that some members are using their mobile phones to record proceedings of house while sitting in chamber such conduct is against parliamentary etiquette:RS Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu

09:05 February 03

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'the need for steps to tackle harassment of Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka Navy'.

09:05 February 03

Congress MP Rajeev Satav gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over demand for withdrawal of three farm laws.

09:04 February 03

Proceedings of Rajya Sabha begin.

07:19 February 03

House to start discussion on motion of thanks

House to start discussion on motion of thanks

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday amid the opposition's demand for a discussion on the farm laws and its withdrawal. On Wednesday, the Upper House is scheduled to discuss the motion of thanks to the President.

"Bhubhneshwar Kalita to move an address to be presented to the President in the following terms that the Members of the Rajya Sabha assembled in this session are deeply grateful to the President for the address which he was pleased to deliver to both the Houses of the Parliament on January 29, 2021," read the bulletin of the Rajya Sabha business list.

The opposition on Tuesday forced the Upper House to be adjourned after the House witnessed sloganeering the moment it assembled a day after the Union Budget was presented in the Parliament.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected a suspension notice given by the opposition on the farm laws. The rejection did not go down well with the opposition parties with their members raising slogans before the Chairman's podium. 

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, " The opposition should adhere to the Chairman's decision." Naidu said, "The ongoing dialogue between the agitating farmers and the government can be discussed during the motion of thanks to the President on Wednesday."

The suspension notice was given by Manoj Jha of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Ghulam Nabi Azad of Congress, T Shiva of DMK, Ashok Siddarth of Bahujan Samaj Party and Elamaram Kareem of CPI-M. The opposition gave the notice under Rule 267 of the Rajya Sabha.

Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said "The farmers have been agitating for months now. The matter is serious and should be discussed."