Parliament Winter Session 2023

The Fourteenth Session of the 17th Lok Sabha, which commenced on December 4, 2023, was adjourned sine die a day ahead of schedule on Thursday, recorded 74 per cent productivity in the Winter Session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said.

Parliament adjourned Thursday night - a day early - after a tumultuous fortnight that saw a security scare, 146 opposition MPs suspended, and the passage of four contentious bills, including three overhauling the criminal jurisprudence system.

Parliament today passed a bill that seeks to allow the government to temporarily take control of telecom services in the interest of national security, and provide a non-auction route for the allocation of satellite spectrum.

The three new bills to replace the colonial-era criminal laws were passed in Rajya Sabha today, virtually in the absence of the Opposition.

Congress chief Kharge on Wednesday called for calm, and cautioned political leaders against the use of provocative language, as the ruling BJP ramped up protests against Trinamool MP Banerjee's mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar.

The Congress today said the "entire Modi ecosystem" is now being galvanised on the "so-called mimicry non-issue" while it remains silent on how a BJP MP "facilitated entry of two intruders" into the Lok Sabha and on the suspension of over 140 MPs.

An advocate has filed a complaint against Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for his mimicry of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on the premises of the Parliament complex.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today charged that the Prime Minister and the BJP want to establish a "single party rule" in the country and the suspension of MPs from Parliament is for that.

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the three criminal code bills -- The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023 -- to replace the Indian Penal Code.

The ruling BJP faces almost no opposition in either House of Parliament Tuesday, after the Lok Sabha followed its ejection of 33 members yesterday with 49 more suspended this morning.

NCP boss Sharad Pawar - one of a handful of opposition MPs left in Parliament after unprecedented mass suspensions - on Tuesday expressed concern after the ejection of nearly 100 lawmakers for "unruly conduct" amid explosive protests over last week.

As many as 49 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the House for disrupting proceedings on Tuesday, a day after 78 opposition members were suspended from Parliament.

Seventy-nine MPs, from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, were suspended Monday in an unprecedented development amid continuing fierce protests over last week's security breach.

The centre - still firefighting protests against last week's Lok Sabha security breach - has asked state governments to propose senior civil servants for the Joint Secretary (Security) post, which is the office in charge of security for Parliament.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to move the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Rajya Sabha for its consideration and passage today.

The Fourteenth Session of the 17th Lok Sabha, which commenced on December 4, 2023, was adjourned sine die a day ahead of schedule on Thursday, recorded 74 per cent productivity in the Winter Session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said.

Parliament adjourned Thursday night - a day early - after a tumultuous fortnight that saw a security scare, 146 opposition MPs suspended, and the passage of four contentious bills, including three overhauling the criminal jurisprudence system.

Parliament today passed a bill that seeks to allow the government to temporarily take control of telecom services in the interest of national security, and provide a non-auction route for the allocation of satellite spectrum.

The three new bills to replace the colonial-era criminal laws were passed in Rajya Sabha today, virtually in the absence of the Opposition.

Congress chief Kharge on Wednesday called for calm, and cautioned political leaders against the use of provocative language, as the ruling BJP ramped up protests against Trinamool MP Banerjee's mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar.

The Congress today said the "entire Modi ecosystem" is now being galvanised on the "so-called mimicry non-issue" while it remains silent on how a BJP MP "facilitated entry of two intruders" into the Lok Sabha and on the suspension of over 140 MPs.

An advocate has filed a complaint against Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for his mimicry of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on the premises of the Parliament complex.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today charged that the Prime Minister and the BJP want to establish a "single party rule" in the country and the suspension of MPs from Parliament is for that.

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the three criminal code bills -- The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023 -- to replace the Indian Penal Code.

The ruling BJP faces almost no opposition in either House of Parliament Tuesday, after the Lok Sabha followed its ejection of 33 members yesterday with 49 more suspended this morning.

NCP boss Sharad Pawar - one of a handful of opposition MPs left in Parliament after unprecedented mass suspensions - on Tuesday expressed concern after the ejection of nearly 100 lawmakers for "unruly conduct" amid explosive protests over last week.

As many as 49 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the House for disrupting proceedings on Tuesday, a day after 78 opposition members were suspended from Parliament.

Seventy-nine MPs, from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, were suspended Monday in an unprecedented development amid continuing fierce protests over last week's security breach.

The centre - still firefighting protests against last week's Lok Sabha security breach - has asked state governments to propose senior civil servants for the Joint Secretary (Security) post, which is the office in charge of security for Parliament.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to move the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Rajya Sabha for its consideration and passage today.