New Delhi: Replying on the debate over Delhi violence in Lok Sabha today, Home Minister Amit Shah said the spread of riots on such a big scale, in such a short time, was not possible without a conspiracy.
He further said that a case has been registered to investigate this angle.
As Amit Shah was speaking, Congress MPs staged a walkout.
Here are the Highlights on the proceedings in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha:
Mar 11, 2020 19:30 (IST)
Over 650 meeting of peace committee have taken place since February 25: Amit Shah
Amit Shah: We are ensuring that no action is taken against any innocent person. 49 cases of Arms Act have been registered and 153 arms have been recovered. Over 650 meeting of peace committee has taken place since February 25.
Mar 11, 2020 14:17 (IST)
Om Birla Revokes Suspension Of 7 Congress Lok Sabha MPs
The suspension of seven Congress Lok Sabha MPs has been revoked by Speaker Om Birla today.
They had been suspended on charges of "gross misconduct" in the House. The seven Congress MPs include Gaurav Gogoi, TN Prathapan, Dean Kuriakose, R Unnithan, Manickam Tagore, Benny Behnan and Gurjeet Singh Aujla.
An all-party meeting was held in which this decision was made by the Speaker. The other issue discussed in the meeting were points on how to run the House smoothly.
The leaders who attended the meeting also agreed to discuss the issue of Delhi violence in the house at 2:30 pm. The discussion on "recent law and order situation in some parts of Delhi" is likely to be initiated by Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Mar 11, 2020 13:00 (IST)
Lok Sabha Proceedings Adjourn Till 1.30 PM After Congress Protest Over Expulsion Of MPs
Lok Sabha proceedings were again adjourned for an hour till 1:30 pm today as some Congress members sought to know when the expulsion of seven party MPs will be revoked.
As soon as the House convened, Rajendra Agarwal, who was the presiding officer, informed the House that the Lok Sabha speaker has not approved the adjournment notices given by various opposition members.
Earlier the House was adjourned till 12.30 pm as Congress members raised slogans demanding revocation of expulsion of its seven MPs.
Congress members had trooped inside the well raising slogans with the demand to rescind last week's expulsion order of seven of its members.
They were also joined by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Left MPs. On Thursday last, seven Congress members were suspended for the rest of the ongoing Budget Session for unruly behaviour.
Mar 11, 2020 12:43 (IST)
Lok Sabha Speaker Chairs All-Party Meet Over Smooth Functioning Of House
All-party meeting being chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla underway in Parliament, over smooth functioning of the House.
Mar 11, 2020 12:09 (IST)
Anurag Thakur Faces Opposition Attack In Rajya Sabha Over Provocative Speeches During Delhi Polls
Union Minister Anurag Thakur, who had allegedly made provocative speeches in the run up to the Delhi Assembly polls, faced severe criticism by opposition members in Rajya Sabha when he rose to present a listed paper.
When Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu called Mr Thakur to present the second supplementary demands for grants for 2019-20 in place of his senior colleague and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, opposition benches started booing him.
Mr Thakur, who is the Minister of State for Finance, continued to present the demands, which had been presented in Lok Sabha last week.
As opposition created uproar, some in treasury benches hit back with the jibe of the Congress losing power in Madhya Pradesh.
This riled some Congress members who accused the BJP of engineering defections. Mr Naidu ordered that nothing would go on record.
But when some Congress member continued to raise the matter, Mr Naidu warned he would name members.
Any member named by the Chair has to withdraw from proceedings of the House for the remainder of the day.
