The sixth day of Parliament's Winter session saw 200 political leaders protesting against single file and Prime Minister Narendra Modi registered attendance at Lok Sabha. On the seventh day PM Modi attends Rajya Sabha. The winter session began last week.
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day
Amid continuous sloganeering by opposition demanding PM's presence, Rajya Sabha is adjourned for the day.
Congress Leader Anand Sharma in Rajya Sabha - In 2013, there was a demand from the then opposition that PM Manmohan Singh come to house or else it would be a failure
- So Dr Manmohan Singh came to the house and left like has happened today
- The then MoS for parliamentary affairs pointed out that PM was here for one hour
- Then opposition leader Venkaiah Naidu said "So what?"
- Why these double standards
The government is ready for a debate at any time in either houses of the parliament, says Arun Jaitley while addressing media.
Uproar in Rajya Sabha again as opposition demands for PM's presence again. Rajya Sabha adjourned till 3pm.
Communist Party of India's Sitaram Yechury takes over, interrupted by Mayawati.
PM Narendra Modi not in attendance in Rajya Sabha.
Rajya Sabha resumes. Mayawati addresses the upper house of Parliament.
On Twitter, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu reacts to Manmohan Singh's statement in Rajya Sabha
With Mayawati still talking, Vice President and Rajya Sabha chair announced adjournment for lunch till 2pm Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on demonetisation- No one disagrees with your (government) objective
- The way you have implemented it is not correct
- People are suffering in villages
- It is completely wrong that over 90 per cent support your move
As Derek O'Brien, from the 'disciplined' (in his own words) party Trinamool Congress finishes his address, Mayawati takes over.
Price rise, education, real issues: Derek O'Brien- Try as you may, with all your agencies, to hassle and harass us, that will give us more conviction
- You can even put Mamata di in jail if you want - TRY IT
- Talk to us about price rise, education - what have you done?
- Please understand this is not an ego battle, we have to find a solution
- It's good that you have come to listen to us after five days of not listening to us
- People have been suffering across the board
- We have nothing against plastic money but everything has time
- If a minister wants to buy his sabji and laundry with plastic money, he can but not everybody can
Meanwhile, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan reacts on paper thrown at her in the lower house of Parliament
Trinamool Leader Derek O' Brien turns to PM Modi
Mr PM ji with all due respect, anybody who opposes your policy is not in favour of black money, they are not anti-national. We are opposing it because the common man is suffering.
We have lost of 3 lakh crore in GDP in the last 15 days: Derek O'Brien speaking during demonetisation debate
Derek O'Brien on government's note ban feedback poll - A minister of the government told me, he said he did every transaction with plastic (money)
- 90% of the debit cards in India are used to withdraw money from the bank
- The government has a mindset problem
- You once again conducted a poll on WhatsApp saying 93% are happy - who are these 93%?
Perhaps, you did not know that this was coming says Derek O'Brien in a direct attack towards Arun Jaitley - If you had to keep it secret, what prevented you from printing 100 rupee notes
- Mr (Arun) Jaitley you are squirming in your seat, you are turning away, perhaps you did not know that this was coming
- Secrecy cannot be the excuse of putting people in pains
Demonetisation, a big black scandal says Derek O'Brien
Mamata Banerjee called 'the big black problem'. We call it big black scandal
Derek O'Brien : What are you doing about electoral reforms? 80% of donations to parties are from unknown sources. 6% of black money is in cash, what about the rest?
It is now no longer one or two people, its 16 opposition parties here. It is the voice of the people: Derek O'Brien
The demonetisation 'announcement has hurt everybody': Derek O'Brien in Rajya Sabha
You all are ministers, behave like minister, Derek O'Brien says when interrupted during address Derek O'Brien speaks on demonetisation - Different people have reacted differently since the announcement was made
- Some people who were part of the announcement, have quoted Bob Dylan
- They have also done polls on their mobile app to say 93% agree with them
PM finally giggles in Rajya Sabha on Naresh Agarwal's remarkNaresh Agarwal said PM didn't take Arun Jaitley into confidence...
If Arun ji had known, he would have whispered into our ears. Can't believe that he wouldn't have done this
Both Prime Minister and Finance Minister burst out laughing
Do you see any industrialists in line to exchange notes, asks Naresh Agarwal in Rajya Sabha
I want to ask, do you see any industrialists in line to exchange their black money
Naresh Agarwal directs attack towards PM Modi - Everybody likes praise.
- But praise should not turn into sycophancy
- When PM Indira Gandhi imposed emergency, she got feedback that the people supported it, but when the elections happened it revealed the reality
- This is the second emergency, a financial one
- Decisions like this have been taken by dictators in other countries in the past
Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal addresses Rajya Sabha on demonetisation
Manmohan Singh calls demonetisation scheme a 'monumental management failure'- It could hurt the GDP by up to 2% - this is an underestimate
- It is no good that the banking system comes up with clarifications every day
- It reflects very poorly on PMO, FMO and RBI
- The way the scheme has been implemented it is a monumental management failure
Lok Sabha adjourned for the day as opposition continues uproar over demonetisation issue.
'At least 65 people have lost their lives': Manmohan Singh on demonetisation- What has happened can weaken the people's confidence in the currency system and the banking system
- I cant think of any country where people have deposited their own money but cannot withdraw it
- This alone enough to condemn what has happened
- The way it is being it is being implemented, it will hurt agriculture, small industry, people in the informal sectors
Manmohan Singh hits out at PM on note ban decision- Ordinary people have suffered as a result of this imposition by the PM
- I say so with all responsibility that we do not know the final outcome
- PM has said we should wait for 50 days
- For those who are poor and deprived even 50 days can have disastrous effect
Manmohan Singh on Note ban
Do not disagree with PM's objective on note ban, but this exercise is a monumental mistake: Manmohan Singh
Former PM Manmohan Singh speaks in Rajya Sabha on note ban
Now there will be no ifs and buts, let's start the debate: Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley seated right next to PM Narendra Modi.
Ghulam Nabi Azad hits out at PM in his address in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley responds.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad addresses Rajya Sabha
PM Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha
PM Narendra Modi will be in Rajya Sabha post 12 noon.
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan was getting up to leave when paper was thrown at her Lok Sabha Speaker Was Insulted In The House, Paper Thrown At Her Samajwadi Party lawmaker Akshay Yadav throws paper at Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
Rajya Sabha witnessed government and opposition clash over letting ex-PM Manmohan Singh speak
TMC leader Derek O' Brien said: "Why is the Former PM not allowed to speak in the house?"
Government maintains that the business of the house can't be suspended.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon amid uproar by opposition over demonetisation.
Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha Chaos in Rajya Sabha as PJ Kurien requests opposition to let the house function.
Parliamentary Affairs minister Ananth Kumar says Finance minister Arun Jaitley will respond on opposition's questions on demonetisation in both houses of parliament
Government leaders' meeting underway in PM Narendra Modi's chamber in parliament; Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu also present, says news agency ANI.
Let PM or speaker call for meet: Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
Opposition leaders have deferred a meeting with the government over the demonetisation issue. Home Minister Rajnath Singh had called for the meeting between the government and the opposition party leaders at 10 AM today.
Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad has called for a meeting just among opposition leaders instead.
Papers To Be Laid On The Table In Rajya SabhaFollowing Ministers to
lay papers on the Table entered in the Rajya sabha: -
RAO INDERJIT SINGH for Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation and Ministry of Urban Development;
DR. JITENDRA SINGH for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions and Department of Space;
GENERAL (RETD.) V.K. SINGH for Mi nistry of External Affairs;
SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA for Ministry of Human Resource
Development;
COL. RAJYAVARDHAN SINGH RATHORE for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and
DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY for Ministry of Human Resource
Development.
PM Narendra Modi Likely To Attend Rajya Sabha Today The government has so far rejected opposition's demand for PM to speak in Parliament on demonetisation decision. The government insisted that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will reply to the debate. But, sources said, the government is now reaching out to the opposition to find a meeting point.