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Parliament adjourned till noon after BJP uproar over Chinese incursion and demand for Prime Minister's resignation on Coal-Gate.
Both Houses of Parliament adjourned till tomorrow.
Both Houses of Parliament adjourned till 2 pm.
Breakthrough in all-party meeting, Opposition agrees that Finance Bill can be taken up tomorrow. (Read)
Chaos in Parliament, Speaker calls all-party meetingA separate negotiation will be conducted when Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath meets with Sushma Swaraj, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
Speaker's all-party meeting to end Parliament deadlock underway.
Both House of Parliament adjourned, Speaker calls all-party meeting to end Parliament logjam.
Lok Sabha has been adjourned, chaos continues in Rajya Sabha.
Both the Houses of Parliament open amid chaos and sloganeering from the Opposition. The BJP leaders are demanding Prime Minister and Law Minister's resignation over the coal scam.
Parliament logjam: Kamal Nath to meet Sushma Swaraj todayParliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath is expected to meet Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today to try and ensure that Parliament functions and the government is able to push important legislation in the last two weeks of the Budget Session.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day today after uproar over chit fund scam, questioning of UP Minister Azam Khan at Boston airport, coal and 2G scams.
Parliament once again witnessed ruckus soon after reconvening. While Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon, Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day. (Read)
Government sources have told NDTV that if the current logjam does not get resolved, bills in the house will be passed amid the din. The Finance Bill along with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will be taken up in the Lok Sabha and voted on 7 May.
After resuming at 2pm, there was ruckus once again in the Rajya Sabha which has been adjourned to 25 April.
Coal scam report: PM must resign, demands opposition; let them ask, retorts Sonia GandhiThere was chaos in Parliament today as the BJP demanded that the Prime Minister should resign for his government's alleged attempt to influence the CBI's report on its investigation into how coal fields were allotted.
Rajya Sabha too has been been adjourned till 2pm today.
After the Lok Sabha resumed at 12 noon, there was ruckus once again after which the Lok Sabha was adjourned to 25 April.
Under attack over the CBI coal report, the Congress core group is meeting in the PM's office in parliament. The meeting of the Core Group was convened immediately after both Houses were adjourned over the issue for half an hour in the morning.
The meeting, which was also attended by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath discussed the strategy ahead in wake of the Opposition reviving its attack on the government on the coal issue and bringing the Prime Minister as well under the target.
The meeting, which was also attended by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath discussed the strategy ahead in wake of the Opposition reviving its attack on the government on the coal issue and bringing the Prime Minister as well under the target.
The government has rejected the demand for PM Manmohan Singh's removal.
Both houses of Parliament have been adjourned until noon, after ruckus when BJP demanded PM's resignation and asks for Law Minister to be sacked over the Coal scam report.
More amendments needed to make anti-rape law stronger: MayawatiThe Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief said an all-party meeting should be held to suggest amendments to tackle any shortcomings in the anti-rape law and also called for death penalty in cases of barbaric rapes.
Javed Akhtar speaks:
- Incidents of rape are sad but not surprising.
- In this country where are rapists punished?
- The courts are not accessible to the common man.
- If a policeman is lax, doesn't lodge an FIR, he should be sacked.
Shivanand Tiwari of JD(U) talks of eroding social values
- Appeal to the house that we should not point fingers at the government or the police but look within ourselves
BSP chief Mayawati speaks in Rajya Sabha
- We had a strong anti-rape bill passed but unfortunately that has not been a deterrent.
- In Delhi, when a rape takes place, that is taken note of.
- We should not be partisan about these matters, we must think across party lines.
- We need to amend the law - there should be a time fixed for hearing and the perpetrators should be given the death penalty.
- When such incidents take place, police also need to be sensitive, there are often complaints with police action... reforms are needed in the police department too.
- Appeal to Home Minster to pay heed to suggestions...
- Chides Deputy Chairman - says please pay attention to cases of atrocities on Scheduled Castes/Tribes.
- The word Harijan should not be used, that is unconstitutional.
- Appeal for Home Minister... please call an all-party meeting and if we need to amend the anti-rape bill that should be done in this session of Parliament
Dr Prabha Thakur, Congress Speaks in Rajya Sabha debate
- How is the rape of a 5-year-old any less than killing someone?
- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh have broken all records - in adivasi areas
- Opposition members object to BJP-ruled states being named "selectively"
Deputy Chair says: Please don't try and bring politics in the discussion
Dr Thakur continues:
- We appeal to the Home Minister , call an all -party meeting ... why should perpetrators not be given death penalty?
- Such culprits should be sentenced in a fast track court in one month.
- There should be no loopholes in the law.
BJP's Maya Singh slams the insensitive action of Delhi Police
- I want to ask the UPA government who will take measures so that women feel secure. I urge the government to take strong steps, we are all with you.
- I had asked in the debate on the anti-rape bill whether law enforcement agencies have enough manpower.
- We should hand out the death penalty for such heinous crimes expediently - not through the lengthy court process that we usually have.
Rajya Sabha begins debating on growing crimes against women.
Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow after uproar over rape incidents, heckling of Mamata Banerjee and other issues.
The UPA government has lost the ability to govern, said BJP leader Yashwant Sinha.
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned again till 2 pm after Opposition MPs continued to create ruckus.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12.30 pm after ruckus.
Opposition MPs continue to disrupt proceedings in Lok Sabha.
In Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley says Law Minister should suo motu make a statement on CBI report on 'coal-gate
Ruckus in Rajya Sabha, V Maitreyan asks for Law Minister Ashwani Kumar to be summoned before the House
Parliament resumes with government and opposition set for showdown
In an effort to ensure that the Rajya Sabha functions, Chairman Hamid Ansari has offered structured debates on all issues that the opposition wants to raise.
He has already allowed a discussion on growing crime against women after the Opposition created a ruckus over the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi last week.
The BJP and the Left also plan to disrupt Parliament over the coal scam and the telecom or 2G scam; in both cases, it says, the government has engineered deceit to defend the Prime Minister.
Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon soon after it convened after the Opposition created a ruckus over the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi last week.
