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Lok Sabha has been adjourned till tomorrow as the uproar by Opposition MPs over farm laws continued in the House. The Parliament convened today a day after farm laws issue rocked both the Houses. Lok Sabha proceedings were washed out for the second consecutive day on Wednesday after the House was repeatedly adjourned due to protests by opposition members who were demanding a separate discussion on the farm laws issue.
The House reassembled four times but was unable to conduct business as the members of the Congress, DMK, AAP and the SAD trooped into the Well and shouted slogans against the farm laws, ignoring repeated appeals by Speaker Om Birla to maintain order.
Several opposition members entered the Well, protesting against the farm laws.
Here are the live highlights on Parliament proceedings:
Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow as the uproar by Opposition MPs over farm laws continued in the House.
Government Has No Right To Question Patriotism Of Farmers: Congress MP Deepender Hooda
Hitting out at the centre over the handling of the farmers' issue, Congress MP Deepender Hooda in the Lok Sabha said the government has no right to question patriotism of farmers as they have made country self-sufficient by providing food.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reply to Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Lok Sabha has been adjourned again, now till 8:30 PM as Opposition members continue their protests against new farm laws.
Lok Sabha has been adjourned for the third time, now till 7 pm as Opposition members continue their protests against farm laws.
Lok Sabha has been adjourned again, till 6 PM, as opposition members continue to create uproar over the farm laws.
CPI(M) MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya asked the Centre to withdraw farm laws in the Rajya Sabha. "You cannot invite them for negotiations by putting concrete walls, by stopping their approach to Delhi," he said.
LJD MP criticises govt handling of farmer agitation
In a scathing attack on the government over its handling of the ongoing farmer agitation, Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) MP M V Shreyams Kumar on Thursday said the government has remained a mute spectator while democracy is being "butchered" just a few kilometers away from the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Participating in a discussion on a motion thanking the President for his address to the joint sitting of Parliament at the start of the Budget Session, Mr Kumar alleged that none of the constitutional values are being upheld by the current dispensation and that the country is being mortgaged to private entities.
"Rashtrapati (President) can see how democracy is butchered just a few km away from the Rashtrapati Bhavan -- the Singhu border (the epicentre of the farmer agitation). Our annadatas, the kisan, on whom the Rashtrapati showers praise in his speech, is silenced and traumatised with multi-layered barricading, iron nails on road, barbed wires and iron rods between cemented barricades, reminding one of the horrific Tiananmen Square," he said in Rajya Sabha.
Just In: Lok Sabha adjourned till 5 PM over farmers' issue
Derek O'Brien presses govt to repeal 3 farm laws, offers draft bill to do so
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O''Brien on Thursday pressed the government to repeal the three controversial farm laws and offered a ''Repealing Bill 2021'' drafted by him for the purpose.
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O''Brien on Thursday pressed the government to repeal the three controversial farm laws and offered a ''Repealing Bill 2021'' drafted by him for the purpose.
Participating in a discussion on the motion of thanks on the president's address in the Rajya Sabha, the Trinamool MP also referred to the death of a farmer during the tractor parade in Delhi on Republic Day and said there should be a "proper inquiry" so the truth could come out.
He interrupted his speech to observe a minute's silence in the House along with other Opposition leaders, mainly the Congress, to pay tribute to farmers who had lost their lives during the two month agitation.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at border points into Delhi since November to demand a rollback of the three farm laws. Talks between the government and farmer leaders have yielded no result so far.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijaya Singh Amusing Exchange In ParliamentAn exchange between BJP leader Jyotraditya Scindia and his former Congress colleague Digvijaya Singh made for an amusing interlude in the Rajya Sabha today, in the middle of a discussion on the farmer protests." itemprop="description
PM Modi is against federal structure. Without holding any discussions, he implemented lockdown within four hours. Six-seven days should have been given before lockdown. In India, loans were given, but in other countries grants were given. People needed money not loans," says Digvijaya Singh in Rajya Sabha.
Bill to replace J&K Reorganization (Amendment) Ordinance introduced in Rajya Sabha
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy introduced Bill in Rajya Sabha on Thursday to replace Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021.
The Bill is aimed to merge the Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers with that of the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory (AGMUT).
The President had promulgated the ordinance to amend the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, informed the Central Government in its gazette notification in January.
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy introduced Bill in Rajya Sabha on Thursday to replace Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021.
The Bill is aimed to merge the Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers with that of the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory (AGMUT).
The President had promulgated the ordinance to amend the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, informed the Central Government in its gazette notification in January.
Congress MPs move adjournment motion notices in Lok Sabha over Central farm laws
Congress lawmakers Manish Tewari and Manickam Tagore on Thursday gave adjournment motion notices in Lok Sabha over the newly enacted Central farm laws.
"Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the laws since August 2020. There is enough ground for the government to set these laws completely aside," Mr Tewari said.
"The government may repeal all three farm laws in view of the nationwide farmers' agitation against farmers law," Congress MP and Whip in Lok Sabha Tagore said.
On Wednesday, Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after four earlier adjournments following protests by opposition members over new farm laws.The Opposition leaders continued their sloganeering for the repeal of farm laws when the House met at 9 pm after the fourth adjournment.
Congress lawmakers Manish Tewari and Manickam Tagore on Thursday gave adjournment motion notices in Lok Sabha over the newly enacted Central farm laws.
"Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the laws since August 2020. There is enough ground for the government to set these laws completely aside," Mr Tewari said.
"The government may repeal all three farm laws in view of the nationwide farmers' agitation against farmers law," Congress MP and Whip in Lok Sabha Tagore said.
On Wednesday, Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after four earlier adjournments following protests by opposition members over new farm laws.The Opposition leaders continued their sloganeering for the repeal of farm laws when the House met at 9 pm after the fourth adjournment.
"India has risen above Covid- 19. President has shown a new way to the nation. PM Modi has united all states together to fight the pandemic. In the beginning, a lot of bad claims were made. Average global recovery rate is at 70 per cent but in India it's 97 per cent. The second wave couldn't hit India as the government took the correct decision at the right time," said Jyotiraditya Scindia in Rajya Sabha
Congress MP and Whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore has given adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over "farm laws".
