Parliament Winter Session Day 2: Both Houses Adjourned For The Day Amid Ruckus Over Adani Bribery Charges

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, before the adjournment of the house, said that the Upper House needs to reflect and follow well-established traditions that the ruling of the chair requires deference and not the cause of differences. "I took the House in confidence in making the House aware that if you look at the journey of this House with reference to Rule 267, even for the last 30 years, where we have had various political dispensations in authority, in governance, the number was never beyond a single digit," he added.

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, speaking on the Waqf Bill, said that it is completely unconstitutional. "We opposed it in Parliament and in the Assembly and will also do so on the streets. We will not let this bill pass under any circumstances. We are against the politics of hatred."

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday responded to questions by BJP member Arun Govil about existing mechanisms to check telecast of vulgar and sex-related content through social media platforms illegally and whether the government proposes to make the existing laws more stringent.

He said that there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. "Today, social media is a platform for freedom of press but it is uncontrolled and there is vulgar content," he said during the Question Hour.

Amid heavy sloganeering by Opposition leaders demanding a debate on the Adani issue, Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day. It will meet again at 11 am on Thursday, November 28. During the brief session after it reconvened, some papers were laid on the table but ruckus continued and the proceedings, which went on for a few minutes, were adjourned for the day.

As the Lok Sabha reconvened on Wednesday at 12 pm, Speaker Om Birla appealed to the Opposition leaders to sit in their respective seats and maintain decorum on the floor. However, the Opposition kept demanding a debate on billionaire Gautam Adani's indictment by a US court on allegations of bribery.

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day amid heavy sloganeering and creation of ruckus over the indictment of the Adani Group by a US court. It will meet again at 11 am on Thursday, November 28.

The proceedings were briefly adjourned in the morning session due to opposition protest, and when the House re-assembled at 11.30 AM, there were identical scenes. This prompted Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to adjourn the proceedings for the day, saying the "House is not in order".

The trobule started after Dhankhar rejected 18 notices under a rule of the House to suspend scheduled business and take up issues mentioned in the notices.

The notices related to demand for 'constitution of a JPC to investigate the alleged misconduct, including corruption, bribery, financial irregularities of the Adani Group in connivance with other authorities', violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and rising incidents of crime in the national capital.

On the allegations against Adani Group, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that Adani would never accept the charges. He said, "Obviously he is going to deny the charges. The point is that he has to be arrested as we have said. Hundreds of people are being arrested on tiny charges and the gentleman (Gautam Adani) has been indicted in the United States for thousands of crores, he should be in jail and the Govt is protecting him."

As many as 18 adjournment motion notices which had been sent to the Chair on multiple issues such as Delhi crimes, Manipur crisis, Sambhal violence, and Adani indictment have been rejected.

On Day 2 of the winter session, the opposition created pandemonium and protested the Chair’s decision to decline suspension of day’s business. Opposition leaders also created a huge ruckus over Gautam Adani's indictment on alleged bribery charges for securing solar power contracts. The House has been adjourned till 11.30 am.

As soon as the House met for the day, several Opposition leaders created a storm seeking to raise multiple issues. Some members from the Congress and Samajwadi Party were in the Well while other Opposition members stood in the aisle and shouted slogans. Speaker Om Birla asked the Opposition members to allow the Question Hour and said they can take up their issues later. Only Question 21 was taken up. The proceedings barely went on for about six minutes, and then were adjourned till 12 noon. The Opposition wanted to discuss the Adani controversy and the Sambhal violence.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh has given a Suspension of Business notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 over increasing crimes in New Delhi.

Commenting on the allegations against the Adani Group in a US Court, Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani said that as far as the indictment is concerned, it is very sketchy, and the timing very suspicious, as it came just before the eve of the parliamentary session. "This adjournment motion and all this noise which the Congress party has made is completely misconceived," he added.

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 will chair a meeting on Wednesday. The opposition members in the Joint Parliament Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 had requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for an extension to the panel’s tenure.

Congress MP Hibi Eden gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss "the deteriorating conditions in Manipur, demand accountability, and push for immediate measures to restore peace and justice."

The Trinamool Congress announced that party leaders will not join the Opposition meeting in the Parliament today and the TMC MPs will chair their meeting at 1 pm.

DMK leader TR Baalu on Tuesday, in a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, claimed that certain salient features of the Constitution, including the words 'socialistic' and 'secular', were not at all mentioned in the address of the president, "hopefully drafted and approved by the government".

Congress MPs Manickam Tagore, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Manish Tewari moved adjournment notices before the commencement of the session today to debate the Adani issue. The debate, they said, would focus on the "impact on India as a business destination and the robustness of our regulatory and oversight processes, following two indictments in the United States against the Adani conglomerate."

Opposition leaders on Tuesday demanded a debate on the Constitution in both Houses of Parliament. Mallikarjun Kharge announced that along with Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, he had requested for a two-day discussion on the Constitution.

"Time should be allotted for that so that the good things about the Constitution can be discussed, and the wrong things that are happening today can also be discussed. Rahul Gandhi ji and I have written letters, we are waiting for the government's response," Kharge said.

There are 16 bills scheduled for consideration, including the Waqf Amendment Bill. Following the submission of the report by the joint committee of the two Houses to the Lok Sabha, the Waqf Bill has been scheduled for consideration and eventual passage. The five new draft legislations include the one to set up a cooperative university, the Rashtriya Sahkari Vishwavidyalaya.

The Officials (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill 2024 and Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak are among the bills that the Rajya Sabha is scheduled to consider and approve today. The Indian Ports Bill, Merchant Shipping Bill, Coastal Shipping Bill, and the Punjab Courts (Amendment) Bill are all scheduled for review and possible passage during this winter session.

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, before the adjournment of the house, said that the Upper House needs to reflect and follow well-established traditions that the ruling of the chair requires deference and not the cause of differences. "I took the House in confidence in making the House aware that if you look at the journey of this House with reference to Rule 267, even for the last 30 years, where we have had various political dispensations in authority, in governance, the number was never beyond a single digit," he added.

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, speaking on the Waqf Bill, said that it is completely unconstitutional. "We opposed it in Parliament and in the Assembly and will also do so on the streets. We will not let this bill pass under any circumstances. We are against the politics of hatred."

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday responded to questions by BJP member Arun Govil about existing mechanisms to check telecast of vulgar and sex-related content through social media platforms illegally and whether the government proposes to make the existing laws more stringent.

He said that there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. "Today, social media is a platform for freedom of press but it is uncontrolled and there is vulgar content," he said during the Question Hour.

Amid heavy sloganeering by Opposition leaders demanding a debate on the Adani issue, Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day. It will meet again at 11 am on Thursday, November 28. During the brief session after it reconvened, some papers were laid on the table but ruckus continued and the proceedings, which went on for a few minutes, were adjourned for the day.

As the Lok Sabha reconvened on Wednesday at 12 pm, Speaker Om Birla appealed to the Opposition leaders to sit in their respective seats and maintain decorum on the floor. However, the Opposition kept demanding a debate on billionaire Gautam Adani's indictment by a US court on allegations of bribery.

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day amid heavy sloganeering and creation of ruckus over the indictment of the Adani Group by a US court. It will meet again at 11 am on Thursday, November 28.

The proceedings were briefly adjourned in the morning session due to opposition protest, and when the House re-assembled at 11.30 AM, there were identical scenes. This prompted Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to adjourn the proceedings for the day, saying the "House is not in order".

The trobule started after Dhankhar rejected 18 notices under a rule of the House to suspend scheduled business and take up issues mentioned in the notices.

The notices related to demand for 'constitution of a JPC to investigate the alleged misconduct, including corruption, bribery, financial irregularities of the Adani Group in connivance with other authorities', violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and rising incidents of crime in the national capital.

On the allegations against Adani Group, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that Adani would never accept the charges. He said, "Obviously he is going to deny the charges. The point is that he has to be arrested as we have said. Hundreds of people are being arrested on tiny charges and the gentleman (Gautam Adani) has been indicted in the United States for thousands of crores, he should be in jail and the Govt is protecting him."

As many as 18 adjournment motion notices which had been sent to the Chair on multiple issues such as Delhi crimes, Manipur crisis, Sambhal violence, and Adani indictment have been rejected.

On Day 2 of the winter session, the opposition created pandemonium and protested the Chair’s decision to decline suspension of day’s business. Opposition leaders also created a huge ruckus over Gautam Adani's indictment on alleged bribery charges for securing solar power contracts. The House has been adjourned till 11.30 am.

As soon as the House met for the day, several Opposition leaders created a storm seeking to raise multiple issues. Some members from the Congress and Samajwadi Party were in the Well while other Opposition members stood in the aisle and shouted slogans. Speaker Om Birla asked the Opposition members to allow the Question Hour and said they can take up their issues later. Only Question 21 was taken up. The proceedings barely went on for about six minutes, and then were adjourned till 12 noon. The Opposition wanted to discuss the Adani controversy and the Sambhal violence.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh has given a Suspension of Business notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 over increasing crimes in New Delhi.

Commenting on the allegations against the Adani Group in a US Court, Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani said that as far as the indictment is concerned, it is very sketchy, and the timing very suspicious, as it came just before the eve of the parliamentary session. "This adjournment motion and all this noise which the Congress party has made is completely misconceived," he added.

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 will chair a meeting on Wednesday. The opposition members in the Joint Parliament Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 had requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for an extension to the panel’s tenure.

Congress MP Hibi Eden gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss "the deteriorating conditions in Manipur, demand accountability, and push for immediate measures to restore peace and justice."

The Trinamool Congress announced that party leaders will not join the Opposition meeting in the Parliament today and the TMC MPs will chair their meeting at 1 pm.

DMK leader TR Baalu on Tuesday, in a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, claimed that certain salient features of the Constitution, including the words 'socialistic' and 'secular', were not at all mentioned in the address of the president, "hopefully drafted and approved by the government".

Congress MPs Manickam Tagore, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Manish Tewari moved adjournment notices before the commencement of the session today to debate the Adani issue. The debate, they said, would focus on the "impact on India as a business destination and the robustness of our regulatory and oversight processes, following two indictments in the United States against the Adani conglomerate."

Opposition leaders on Tuesday demanded a debate on the Constitution in both Houses of Parliament. Mallikarjun Kharge announced that along with Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, he had requested for a two-day discussion on the Constitution.

"Time should be allotted for that so that the good things about the Constitution can be discussed, and the wrong things that are happening today can also be discussed. Rahul Gandhi ji and I have written letters, we are waiting for the government's response," Kharge said.

There are 16 bills scheduled for consideration, including the Waqf Amendment Bill. Following the submission of the report by the joint committee of the two Houses to the Lok Sabha, the Waqf Bill has been scheduled for consideration and eventual passage. The five new draft legislations include the one to set up a cooperative university, the Rashtriya Sahkari Vishwavidyalaya.

The Officials (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill 2024 and Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak are among the bills that the Rajya Sabha is scheduled to consider and approve today. The Indian Ports Bill, Merchant Shipping Bill, Coastal Shipping Bill, and the Punjab Courts (Amendment) Bill are all scheduled for review and possible passage during this winter session.