Lok Sabha adjourned for the day
Lok Sabha adjourned for the day
Lok Sabha LIVE
00:03 February 09
22:13 February 08
Uproar in House over TMC MP Mahua Moitra's remarks
Uproar in House over TMC MP Mahua Moitra's remarks
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's critical reference to a former chief justice of India created an uproar in the House, with treasury members accusing her of violating parliamentary rules and demanding that her remarks be expunged.
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) MP NK Premachandran, who was in the Chair, said her remarks will be expunged if found objectionable.
21:32 February 08
Parliamentary proceedings to continue till 12 am tonight
Parliamentary proceedings will continue till 12 am tonight, said the Speaker of the House
21:30 February 08
TMC leader Mahua Moitra speaking in the House
India is today under an undeclared emergency: Mahua Moitra
TMC leader Mahua Moitra said that India is today under an undeclared emergency.
She also said the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed in 2019 in this House on the pretext of granting citizenship to persecuted Hindus & other minorities in neighbouring countries. At the same time, it threw into insecurity to millions of Indians who had been living in this land for generations, she said.
18:32 February 08
BJP devoid of any national icon, says Adhir Chowdhury
Leader of Opposition, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said VD Savarkar didn't stand up to British rule and the BJP is using Subhas Chandra Bose's name to garner votes in the upcoming West Bengal elections.
"The BJP is devoid of any national icon," he added.
"Since there is not a national icon in BJP, the leaders look for great personalities to take advantage of before each elections," Chowdhury said.
17:55 February 08
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee speaking in the House
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee slams Bengal government
Slamming TMC government in West Bengal, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee said, "when elections are rigged by hooligans, it is called the erosion of electoral democracy."
She alleged that Mamata Banerjee-led government "does politics with Ram and Sita."
Chatterjee also said that some parts of the state are still "mini-Pakistan."
17:27 February 08
Leader of the Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speaking in the House
'Can't remain silent when lakhs of farmers are sitting on borders of Delhi'
Leader of the Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "We can't remain silent when lakhs of farmers are sitting on borders of Delhi. Over 206 farmers have lost their lives and nails have been fixed to stop them from entering Delhi. Our demand was just to hold a discussion on farmers issue after the President's address."
17:12 February 08
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaking in the House
Rajnath Singh urges Opposition to maintain decorum of House
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged the opposition parties to maintain the decorum of Lok Sabha.
He requested the opposition leader to stick to Motion of Thanks to the President's address.
17:01 February 08
Proceedings of House resume
Proceedings in the Lower House have resumed. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has started speaking in the House.
16:10 February 08
Speaker Om Birla speaking in the House
House adjourned till 5 PM
Amid disruption of proceedings by the Opposition leaders, the House has been adjourned till 5 PM.
16:10 February 08
Opposition leaders continue to disrupt proceedings
As Union Minister Prakash Javadekar speaks, opposition leaders continue to disrupt the proceedings by raising slogans against the contentious farm laws.
15:16 February 08
Lok Sabha LIVE updates
New Delhi: Ending the deadlock on three contentious farm laws that hit the functioning of the Lok Sabha last week with opposition's protest, the House is expected to return back to its normal functioning on Monday and resume motion of thanks to the President's address as well as take other Business.
With indications of several parliamentarians -- both from the opposition and treasury benches -- it is learnt that there has been some sort of compromise among them on the issue and they are now ready to support the proceedings of the Lower House when it will assemble for the day at 4 p.m.
Over 10 key opposition parties, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, DMK, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Nationalist Congress Party, RSP, YSRCP, have been protesting against the government seeking discussion on the three farm laws to repeal them. Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) former allies Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiv Sena have been also staging protests against the government since the beginning of the Budget Session.
While talking to media, several MPs, including Congress's senior leader Shashi Tharoor and Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar said the opposition is expected to participate in the proceedings as per the normal course.
Question Hour, Zero Hour as well as other Businesses of the House are to take place with proper coordination and support of all members.
Written answers related to the separate questions sought by MPs from nine ministries will be tabled by the concerned Ministers.
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar will lay answers on the table from Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' for the Ministry of Education; Arjun Munda for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; Dharmendra Pradhan for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Santosh Gangwar for the Ministry of Labour and Employment; Prahlad Singh Patel for the Ministry of Culture; Raj Kumar Singh for the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Sanjay Samrao Dhotre for the Ministry of Education, and Anurag Thakur for the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
Besides, reports of the Standing Committee on Information and Technology will be presented by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and BJP MP Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma.
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee is to resume her speech on Motion of Thanks to the President's Address -- a tradition in which all the members of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha participate after the beginning of the session.
The Rajya Sabha concluded its discussion on the motion of thanks on Friday but it got stalled in the Lok Sabha due to protest by the opposition on three contentious farm laws, leading to adjournment of the House's each sittings last week with the completion of very little Business.
The Lok Sabha list of Business also mentions a general discussion on Budget 2021-2022.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is to move The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for the consideration and passage to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
The Bill was introduced in the House on February 4.
(IANS)
00:03 February 09
Lok Sabha adjourned for the day
22:13 February 08
Uproar in House over TMC MP Mahua Moitra's remarks
Uproar in House over TMC MP Mahua Moitra's remarks
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's critical reference to a former chief justice of India created an uproar in the House, with treasury members accusing her of violating parliamentary rules and demanding that her remarks be expunged.
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) MP NK Premachandran, who was in the Chair, said her remarks will be expunged if found objectionable.
21:32 February 08
Parliamentary proceedings to continue till 12 am tonight
Parliamentary proceedings will continue till 12 am tonight, said the Speaker of the House
21:30 February 08
TMC leader Mahua Moitra speaking in the House
India is today under an undeclared emergency: Mahua Moitra
TMC leader Mahua Moitra said that India is today under an undeclared emergency.
She also said the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed in 2019 in this House on the pretext of granting citizenship to persecuted Hindus & other minorities in neighbouring countries. At the same time, it threw into insecurity to millions of Indians who had been living in this land for generations, she said.
18:32 February 08
BJP devoid of any national icon, says Adhir Chowdhury
Leader of Opposition, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said VD Savarkar didn't stand up to British rule and the BJP is using Subhas Chandra Bose's name to garner votes in the upcoming West Bengal elections.
"The BJP is devoid of any national icon," he added.
"Since there is not a national icon in BJP, the leaders look for great personalities to take advantage of before each elections," Chowdhury said.
17:55 February 08
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee speaking in the House
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee slams Bengal government
Slamming TMC government in West Bengal, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee said, "when elections are rigged by hooligans, it is called the erosion of electoral democracy."
She alleged that Mamata Banerjee-led government "does politics with Ram and Sita."
Chatterjee also said that some parts of the state are still "mini-Pakistan."
17:27 February 08
Leader of the Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speaking in the House
'Can't remain silent when lakhs of farmers are sitting on borders of Delhi'
Leader of the Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "We can't remain silent when lakhs of farmers are sitting on borders of Delhi. Over 206 farmers have lost their lives and nails have been fixed to stop them from entering Delhi. Our demand was just to hold a discussion on farmers issue after the President's address."
17:12 February 08
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaking in the House
Rajnath Singh urges Opposition to maintain decorum of House
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged the opposition parties to maintain the decorum of Lok Sabha.
He requested the opposition leader to stick to Motion of Thanks to the President's address.
17:01 February 08
Proceedings of House resume
Proceedings in the Lower House have resumed. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has started speaking in the House.
16:10 February 08
Speaker Om Birla speaking in the House
House adjourned till 5 PM
Amid disruption of proceedings by the Opposition leaders, the House has been adjourned till 5 PM.
16:10 February 08
Opposition leaders continue to disrupt proceedings
As Union Minister Prakash Javadekar speaks, opposition leaders continue to disrupt the proceedings by raising slogans against the contentious farm laws.
15:16 February 08
Lok Sabha LIVE updates
New Delhi: Ending the deadlock on three contentious farm laws that hit the functioning of the Lok Sabha last week with opposition's protest, the House is expected to return back to its normal functioning on Monday and resume motion of thanks to the President's address as well as take other Business.
With indications of several parliamentarians -- both from the opposition and treasury benches -- it is learnt that there has been some sort of compromise among them on the issue and they are now ready to support the proceedings of the Lower House when it will assemble for the day at 4 p.m.
Over 10 key opposition parties, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, DMK, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Nationalist Congress Party, RSP, YSRCP, have been protesting against the government seeking discussion on the three farm laws to repeal them. Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) former allies Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiv Sena have been also staging protests against the government since the beginning of the Budget Session.
While talking to media, several MPs, including Congress's senior leader Shashi Tharoor and Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar said the opposition is expected to participate in the proceedings as per the normal course.
Question Hour, Zero Hour as well as other Businesses of the House are to take place with proper coordination and support of all members.
Written answers related to the separate questions sought by MPs from nine ministries will be tabled by the concerned Ministers.
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar will lay answers on the table from Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' for the Ministry of Education; Arjun Munda for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; Dharmendra Pradhan for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Santosh Gangwar for the Ministry of Labour and Employment; Prahlad Singh Patel for the Ministry of Culture; Raj Kumar Singh for the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Sanjay Samrao Dhotre for the Ministry of Education, and Anurag Thakur for the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
Besides, reports of the Standing Committee on Information and Technology will be presented by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and BJP MP Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma.
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee is to resume her speech on Motion of Thanks to the President's Address -- a tradition in which all the members of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha participate after the beginning of the session.
The Rajya Sabha concluded its discussion on the motion of thanks on Friday but it got stalled in the Lok Sabha due to protest by the opposition on three contentious farm laws, leading to adjournment of the House's each sittings last week with the completion of very little Business.
The Lok Sabha list of Business also mentions a general discussion on Budget 2021-2022.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is to move The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for the consideration and passage to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
The Bill was introduced in the House on February 4.
(IANS)
Last Updated : Feb 9, 2021, 12:04 AM IST
