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BJP and Congress issued three-line whips for party parliamentarians to be present in Lok Sabha today. Here are LIVE updates from the Parliament session

A view of the Lok Sabha during a discussion on the issues relating to Rafale deal, in New Delhi

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	<strong>Parliament session updates:</strong>&nbsp;The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday after witnessing three brief pre-lunch and one post-lunch session adjournments due to protests by the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress members over a CBI probe against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav over alleged illegal mining and the Rafale fighter jets issue.&nbsp;</div>
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	Amid the furore, two Bills -- &quot;Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018&quot; and &quot;The personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018&quot; -- were passed and Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspended four members of the AIADMK and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for disrupting House proceedings. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha, too, on Monday was rocked by protests by parties like the SP, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) over the alleged misuse of the CBI, while the Congress members shouted slogans demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale jet deal, leading to the adjournment of the House for the day. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>Catch all the live updates from Parliament&#39;s winter session here.&nbsp;</strong></div>

Parliament LIVE: BJP and Congress issued three-line whips for party parliamentarians to be present in Lok Sabha today. Find Parliament session Live updates.

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BJP and Congress have issued three-line whips for party parliamentarians to be present in Lok Sabha today.

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<strong>Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar:</strong> Triple Talaq Bill is listed in Rajya Sabha, it&#39;s not a question of government&#39;s reputation. The Bill is meant to get justice for women, so everyone should support it. We all must help in getting the Bill passed.

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		Delhi: Telugu Desam Party MP Naramalli Sivaprasad dressed up as former TN CM MG Ramachandran during TDP protest in parliament demanding &#39;Special Category Status&#39; to Andhra Pradesh. He has earlier dressed up as a magician, a woman, a washerman &amp; a school student among others. <a href="https://t.co/RDbkTjS1NY">pic.twitter.com/RDbkTjS1NY</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1082145482275729409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
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