Uttarakhand Political Crisis Stalls Rajya Sabha Proceedings

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A view of Parliament House on the first day of the second part of budget session in New Delhi on Monday, 25 April 2016. (Photo: PTI)

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• The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day after multiple adjournments.

• Rajya Sabha welcomed new members: Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Swapan Dasgupta, Narendra Jadhav, Mary Kom, Subramanian Swamy.
  
• Rajya Sabha members raised Uttarakhand and JNU issues.
  
• Opposition members entered the Well, raised anti-Modi slogans.
  
• Rajya Sabha saw repeated adjournments.
  
• Lok Sabha raised the drought situation and the issue of outstation students in NIT Srinagar.
  
• Declassification of Netaji Files were discussed in Lok Sabha.
  

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 5:33 PM

The Rajya Sabha was disrupted again on Tuesday over the issue of President’s rule in Uttarakhand, with other opposition parties supporting the Congress in its demand for a debate on the issue.

The Congress, supported by the Left, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), demanded an immediate discussion on the issue.

As far as Article 356 and Uttarakhand is concerned we also have a lot to say. It has never happened in 68 years of independence that presiding officers convert minority into majority and vice versa. This is the real breakdown of the constitutional machinery.

<b>Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance</b>

Congress members then trooped near the chairman’s podium shouting slogans following which the house was adjourned till noon.

The members of Opposition chanted:

<i>Modi teri tanashahi, nahi chalegi, nahi chalegi</i>. (Your dictatorship will not be tolerated, Modi).

The scenario was the same when the house met again at noon for Question Hour and an angry Chairman M Hamid Ansari first adjourned the house till 12.35 pm and then till 2 pm. Finally the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day after multiple adjournments.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 5:34 PM

The Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Hamid Ansari admitted and sent CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury’s privilege motion on JNU against HRD Minister Smriti Irani to the Committee of Privileges.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 5:23 PM

BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Thakur, gave notice in the Lok Sabha for discussion on the Augusta Westland scam and the Ishrat Jahan case.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 4:30 PM

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day after multiple adjournments. The Rajya Sabha remained tense over the President’s rule in Uttarakhand all day.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 3:20 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 3 pm following uproar over the Uttarakhand political crisis.

In Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge raises issues related to the Indian Railways.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 2:38 PM

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been adjourned till 2 pm. This was the fourth adjournment of the Rajya Sabha and the first of Lok Sabha.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 1:06 PM

When Will the Tricolour fly Over NIT Srinagar?

Congress member Jyotiraditya Scindia asked in the Lok Sabha, about the matter of hoisting tricolour over the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar.

Congress member Jyotiraditya Scindia in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, 26 April 2016. (Photo Courtesy: Lok Sabha TV)

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 1:02 PM

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Uproar and sloganeering by Congress members continued in the Well of the House. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, vice President Hamid Ansari adjourned the House for the third time. Proceedings to resume at 3 pm.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 12:50 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the second time till 12:35 pm amid furore in the House over the Uttarakhand political crisis.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 12:40 PM

Declassification of Netaji Files

The matter of declassification of files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was raised in the Lok Sabha. Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has said that Japan is in possession of five files related to Netaji and has decided to declassify two of the five files by end of the year.

Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Home Affairs in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, 26 April 2016. (Photo Courtesy: Lok Sabha TV)

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 12:43 PM

Anti-Modi Slogans Over Uttarakhand Issue

Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon after opposition members raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government while discussing the President’s rule in Uttarakhand. The members of Opposition chanted:

Modi teri tanashahi, nahi chalegi, nahi chalegi.

Modi teri Hitlershahi, nahi chalegi, nahi chalegi.

Taanashahi pe halla bol.

Opposition members enter the Well of Rajya Sabha over the matter of President’s rule in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, 26 April 2016. (Photo Courtesy: RSTV)

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 5:23 PM

JNU Students’ Rustication Fails to Take Centre Stage

CPI leaders raised the matter of rustication and fines levied on the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) yesterday.

CPI members raise the matter of the JNU students’ rustication in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, 26 April 2016. (Photo Courtesy: Rajya Sabha TV)

CPI members said that the “authoritarian policy” of the current government will spoil the academic career of the students who were suspended by the university.

Also read: Kanhaiya & Others Fined Rs 10-20K, Umar and Anirban Suspended

The matter led to furore in the House as Congressman Anand Sharma alleged that the Human Resources Ministry is directly involved in the matter.

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 12:43 PM

RS Welcomes New Members

Swearing in of newly appointed Rajya Sabha members (clockwise from upper left corner) Subramanain Swamy, Mary Kom, Swapan Dasgupta, Sardar Sukhdev singh Dhindsa, and ANrendra Jadhav on Tuesday, 26 April 2016. (Photo: ANI/The Quint)

Rajya Sabha welcomed the new members of the Rajya Sabha:

• Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
  
• Swapan Dasgupta
  
• Narendra Jadhav
  
• Mary Kom
  
• Subramnian Swamy
  

Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 1:14 PM

On the second day of the second half of the Budget session, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are expected to lock horns over the Uttarakhand issue, yet again.

The BJP on Monday issued a three-line whip to all its MPs in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, asking them to be present in Parliament till Friday.

The Congress too issued a three-line whip to all its MPs in the Rajya Sabha.

Also Read: Uttarakhand, Ishrat and Odd-Even Dominate Parliament Proceedings

The Communist Party of India (CPI) has given a motion of suspension of business to discuss issues related to the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the Rajya Sabha.

On Monday, JNU suspended and fined students who were allegedly involved in the event held on campus on 9 February – the death anniversary of 2001 Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru.

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Updated at:26th Apr, 2016 at 11:11 AM