Lok Sabha proceedings were extended till midnight to accommodate the long list of speakers participating in the Motion of Thanks to the President's address. Lok Sabha meets between 4 PM and 9 PM.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's reference to a former chief justice of India created uproar in the Lok Sabha on Monday, with treasury members accusing her of violating parliamentary rules and demanding that her remarks be expunged.
In her strong-worded speech during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, she lashed out at the government for making "hate and bigotry".
The Lok Sabha on Monday took up discussion on motion of thanks to the President's address after seeing disruptions for four days last week over opposition's demand for separate discussion on the new farm laws.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the House every year, expresses its thanks to the President for his address to the joint sitting of two Houses and opposition members also agree that "healthy democratic traditions" should continue.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to the Motion of Thanks on President Ram Nath Kovind's address in the Rajya Sabha today amid opposition's call to repeal the three contentious agricultural laws. Since the start of the Parliament Budget Session, the opposition has continuously attacked the Centre over farm laws.