All India Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Dinesh Trivedi on Friday announced his resignation on the floor of the House (Rajya Sabha) citing the reason that he was unable to do anything over the violence in West Bengal, ANI reported.
"I am resigning from Rajya Sabha today. There is violence happening in my state. We cannot speak anything here," Mr Trivedi said.
The sitting in Rajya Sabha has been cancelled for Saturday, an official order from the Rajya Sabha secretariat stated.
"Members are informed that as announced in the House today (11.02.2021), the sitting of the Rajya Sabha fixed for Saturday, the 13th February 2021 has been cancelled. Accordingly, there will be no sitting of the House on that day," the order dated February 11 said, according to news agency ANI.
The Budget Session began on January 29 with an address by President Ram Nath Kovind to the joint sitting of two houses of Parliament.
The first part of the session was scheduled to continue till February 15, however, it was later rescheduled to end on February 13.
The second part of the session will be held from March 8 to April 8.
Members of Parliament were requested to undergo an RT-PCR test against COVID-19 before the start of the Budget session.
Here are the Live Updates on Parliament Budget Session 2021:
BJP issued three line whips to its MPs asking them to be present in the Lok Sabha tomorrow saying some important legislative business will be taken up for discussion. Finance Minster Nirmala Sitharaman will reply on the debate on budget tomorrow.
Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi's resignation from Rajya Sabha has been accepted by the chairman. The Election Commission will be intimated in due course to hold a by-election.
It has now become a sort of habit for some in the Opposition to constantly allege, in spite of what we are doing for the poor & the steps taken for helping the poor & needy of this country, a false narrative is created to accuse - saying that this Govt works only for cronies: FM pic.twitter.com/ds4YP6DmxT
- ANI (@ANI) February 12, 2021
This Budget shows a hope to build new India, a stronger India and to build a self-reliant India. It will set us on the path of becoming an economic and manufacturing powerhouse: MoS Finance Anurag Thakur in Rajya Sabha pic.twitter.com/Eu6OKmgkXg
- ANI (@ANI) February 12, 2021
Rajya Sabha proceedings chaired by M Venkaiah Naidu begin for the day
- ANI (@ANI) February 12, 2021
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will reply on Budget discussion in the House today. pic.twitter.com/LZDXE6Y8al
