Parliament highlights: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid ruckus over George Soros

Parliament winter session news highlights: Catch all the latest news developments related to the proceedings in the Parliament here

INDIA bloc MPs are likely to bring a no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. The motion has already garnered 70 signatures from MPs affiliated with various parties in the bloc.

  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Monday accused the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of preventing Parliament from functioning during the ongoing winter session. Singh alleged that the ruling party is creating chaos and not letting the Parliament run smoothly. "The government is not letting the Rajya Sabha function. It is for the first time in Indian history that the ruling party is creating chaos and not letting the Parliament run. We want answers on the Adani issue, Sambhal violence, and bomb threats in schools, but the government is not ready to answer," AAP MP Singh stated. "If the BJP does not want the Parliament to run, then we will also raise slogans from tomorrow," he added. Notably, both houses of the parliament--the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha--have been adjourned till Tuesday during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, which is currently in its third week of functioning. The adjournments came after disruptions in the proceedings, with opposition parties demanding discussions on various issues of national importance.

 

1:09 PM

Govt wants to wipe out entire Parliament session, no other explanation for this behaviour, says Manish Tewari

"The government doesn't want to run the House. There was no provocation when the House was adjourned yesterday without any ado. There was no provocation today. And again the House has been adjourned for the full day. They don't want a discussion on the 75 years of the working of the Constitution. And therefore the government wants to wipe out the entire Parliament session. There is no other explanation for this behaviour,"  Congress MP Manish Tewari stated today.

12:49 PM

News update: Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day amid uproar over Congress-George Soros links issue

12:40 PM

News update: Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned for day after uproar over Adani, Soros issues

11:34 AM

Opposition MPs protest on Adani issue in Parliament premises with black 'jholas'

Opposition MPs on Tuesday demonstrated over the Adani issue in Parliament premises, carrying black 'jholas' (bags) with caricatures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and billionaire Gautam Adani printed on it and 'Modi Adani Bhai Bhai' written on the obverse side. This is the latest in the series of unusual protests led by the Congress daily ahead of the sitting of Parliament in the morning.

11:11 AM

Parliament news update: Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon

11:01 AM

Congress's meeting of Lok Sabha MPs in the Main Committee Room of Parliament Annexe ends

The meeting was chaired by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.

10:44 AM

INDIA bloc MPs to move no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar

INDIA bloc MPs are set to bring a no-confidence motion against  Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.