New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings has been adjourned till Thursday after the Opposition created a ruckus over various issues, including the Pegasus snooping controversy.
Opposition members, including from the Congress and the Trinamool, started raising slogans and showing placards to attack the government on the snooping issue as soon as the House met for the day at 11 am. The proceedings lasted for barely five minutes.
One of the placards read that while people are suffering from unemployment, the government is busy with "jasoosi" (spying). The slogan was in Hindi.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) members alleged that party MP Abhishek Banerjee's phone number was selected for surveillance. Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Since the pandemic began, three sessions of Parliament were curtailed while the winter session last year had to be cancelled.
The monsoon session, which usually starts in July, had begun in September last year due to the raging pandemic.
Here are the updates of Parliament Monsoon Session 2021:
Jul 20, 2021 18:39 (IST)
Rajya Sabha adjourned till July 22.
Jul 20, 2021 16:56 (IST)
It is a fact that we grappled with oxygen supply: Congress leader Anand Sharma in Rajya Sabha
Jul 20, 2021 14:23 (IST)
Tamil Nadu had polls for 234 assembly seats in a day. West Bengal with 294 assembly seats had polls in 8 phases. Infection rate was 2.3% before polls but after 8 phases, it rose to 33%. Kudos to our CM, it has again come down below 1.8% now: TMC MP Dr Santanu Sen in Rajya Sabha.
Jul 20, 2021 14:09 (IST)
Lockdown was announced overnight, just like Demonatisation. Govt didn't prepare for it. There were no trains for people to go back home. Livelihood of people was impacted. Govt should be held accountable: Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
Jul 20, 2021 14:08 (IST)
Government asked people to wear masks and maintain social distancing. But what were they doing, during the elections in different states? You are breaking your own rules. They should be given credit for flouting COVID-19 norms: Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
Jul 20, 2021 13:07 (IST)
Rajya Sabha proceedings begin after uproar by opposition members over various issues including the Pegasus snooping issue.
Jul 20, 2021 12:47 (IST)
The snooping row escalated on Monday as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, poll strategist Prashant Kishor, and new IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw were among the big names revealed as potential targets of Israeli spyware. Soon after the big reveal, the Congress made a no-holds-barred attack on the government, demanding Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation.
Jul 20, 2021 10:47 (IST)
Four opposition parties - the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, and the CPM - have given notices under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha demanding suspension of the scheduled business of the House to discuss the Pegasus spyware controversy.
