Lok Sabha resumes; Rajya Sabha stalled till 2 pm

The Lok Sabha resumed its proceedings at 12 noon on Thursday, while the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Parliament, which began at 11 am, were adjourned till 2 pm.

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha resumed at 12 noon and is currently discussing the No-Confidence Motion moved by Congress Member of Parliament Gaurav Gogoi. Upon resumption, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was the first one to reply on the Motion and she listed the achievements of the Narendra Modi regime on the economic front.

Earlier, amid sloganeering by Opposition members, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon by Speaker Om Birla. The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, which commenced at 11 am with Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar presiding the session, were also adjourned over the ruckus till 2 pm.

The Lok Sabha session started at 11 am and the Speaker Om Birla first consoled the demise of five former Lok Sabha members. These include Kalyan Jain, who represented the Indore constituency in Madhya Pradesh, Babusaheb Parulekar, who represented the Ratnagiri constituency in Maharashtra, Janardan Singh Mishra and Ram Singh Yadav.

Following this, the Question Hour started in the Lower House of Parliament. However, the members of the Opposition INDIA bloc continued to raise slogans. An agitated Speaker Om Birla said that the Opposition members do not want the Question House to go on and adjourned the Lower House till 12 noon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the No-Confidence Motion at around 4 pm.

In the Rajya Sabha, there was a heated debate between members of the Opposition and the Leader of the House Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal. "The two sides have taken a rigid stand (over discussion on the situation in Manipur)," Dhankar said. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge asked whether the Prime Minister was god.