Parliament Moonsoon Session: Several bills are pending in lower house.
Parliament is witnessing stormy scenes as opposition parties, led by Congress, have questioned the government over the SC/ST Bill. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities ordinance should be brought soon. In his reply, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the Bill was passed yesterday and that the government will get it passed in this session of parliament."
Opposition parties led by the Congress are planning to submit a letter to M Venkaiah Naidu expressing unhappiness over the way they are not being allowed to speak in the House. This is the first time that such a letter is being sent to the Rajya Sabha chairman. Leaders from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party have agreed to the move.
Here are the highlights of day-11 of monsoon session in parliament
BJP issues three line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs for today and tomorrow, reports news agency ANI.
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day following opposition
The bill has already been passed in the cabinet: Rajnath Singh
"I don't understand why Kharge ji is even bringing this up in Parliament today... When yesterday itself, the cabinet has approved the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. This is in line with Supreme Court guidelines."
Mallikarjun Kharge On SC/ST Amendment Act
- Why is there no ordinance on the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act?
- Thousands are dying every day. We request that the bill be brought in Parliament.
- We will all pass it tomorrow itself.
List of Bills for consideration and passingLok Sabha
*The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018
*The National Sports University Bill, 2018
*The National Medical Commission Bill, 2017
Rajya Sabha
*The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018
Bills for Consideration and Passing:
*The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018
*The National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018
*The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities (Amendment) Bill, 2018
*The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018*
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018
*The Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018
This is the first time that such a letter is being sent to the Rajya Sabha chairman.
Opposition parties led by the Congress are planning to write a rare protest letter to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, to complain against what they allege, is his partisan role in conducting the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha.
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