RS in Disarray Over Demands of Obituary for Nagrota Martyrs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

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The Rajya Sabha resumed with demands of obituary references for the martyred Nagrota soldiers and apology from PM Modi for his comments on the opposition.

TMC MP Derek O’Brien said that the opposition wants to hold a debate but only when PM Modi has tendered an apology to the Opposition.

Rajya Sabha speaker PJ Kurien said the obituary will be given at an appropriate time.

Dissatisfied with the Speaker’s response the Opposition started sloganeering to “Jai jawan, jai kisaan.”

Kurien finally adjourned the House till Thursday.

Despite the Speaker’s best efforts to to keep the Lok Sabha running amidst the commotion, the lower House has been adjourned till Thursday.

Updated at:1st Dec, 2016 at 8:42 AM

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Updated at:1st Dec, 2016 at 8:42 AM

Sumitra Mahajan Clarifies Not Making Obituary Reference Was Her Decision

In the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge told Speaker Sumitra Mahajan that the opposition’s criticism for not making an obituary reference was not directed at her but at the government.

Rules 388 and 389 gives you the power to suspend MPs and you can suspend them if you wish to. We want to start the discussion under rule 56 of the Parliament but they don’t want to engage. It’s undesirable that 11 days into the winter session, we haven’t moved forward. We don’t want to run away from a debate 

Mallikarjun Kharge

To this, the Speaker said that the decision to hold the obituary reference until the combing operation was over was “entirely my (her) decision, not the government’s”.

I said the combing operation is on, that was my own opinion, it was not the government’s. I have been giving obituaries, please don’t accuse me of defending the government. I will defend you too if the need arises.

While the opposition wanted to raise the Nagrota attack issue under Rule 56, which allows an MP to raise an urgent issue, the government demanded that the issue be raised under Rule 193. According to this rule, any member who wants raise a discussion on a matter of urgent public importance will have to give notice in writing to the LS Secretary-General.

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 3:32 PM

Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm after an uproar in the House as the opposition raised the Nagrota attack and demonetisation issue.

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 12:52 PM

Parliament Didn’t Honour Martyrs: Rahul Gandhi

Outside Parliament, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi told media persons:

As per tradition, Parliament honours martyred soldiers, but today they were not honoured. That’s why we walked out.

Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: ANI)

Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu criticised the opposition for halting the proceedings of Parliament despite the fact that the Prime Minister was present in the House as per the demands of the opposition.

Venkaiah Naidu. (Photo: ANI)

Nobody knows why they left the Lok Sabha. They raised the issue of Nagrota, we told them about the combing operations. They demanded an obituary reference, we said the Speaker will give the obituary reference at a suitable time. But they walked out and then came back in the House after a minute. It’s extremely unfortunate that the Congress is only creating a ruckus and not letting Parliament function. I don’t know who is advising them to behave like this. They are politicising Nagrota. People will hate this politics. They are intolerant of the PM’s growing popularity. 

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 3:22 PM

Opposition Raises Nagrota and Demonetisation

The opposition raised the Nagrota attack in Rajya Sabha. To this, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government is ready to talk about it.

Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, BSP MP Mayawati and JDU MP Sharad Yadav then asked the government to acknowledge the deaths caused by demonetisation.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned as the MPs started raising slogans saying “Modi teri tanashahi nahin chalegi” and “Sharam karo, sharam karo”.

Uproar in Rajya Sabha as the Opposition raises the Nagrota attack and demonetisation in the House. (Photo: ANI)

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 3:22 PM

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PM Modi In Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present in the Lok Sabha during question hour.

The Opposition demanded information on the Nagrota attack and created a commotion, maintaining that the martyred soldiers had been insulted. The Opposition, led by the Congress, then staged a walk-out. Due to the uproar, Lok Sabha was adjourned.

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 3:22 PM

Mayawati Protests Against Amendment in I-T Bill

BSP supremo Mayawati told mediapersons that her agenda in the Parliament for Wednesday will be to protest against the passage of the Taxation Laws Bill in the Lower House.

Yesterday, the Taxation Laws (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2016 was passed in Lok Sabha without discussion, we will protest against this.

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 3:22 PM

Before the parliamentary session commenced, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu requested the Opposition to engage in discussions.

My appeal to political parties in Parliament– let’s debate, discuss and move forward. The government has nothing to hide and will definitely share all the information with the House.

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 1:13 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired meetings with top Ministers in his chamber in Parliament, in the presence of Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar.

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 1:13 PM

Disarray Over Nagrota Attack

Discussions on the Nagrota terror attack, which left seven Indian army personnel dead, are expected in the parliamentary session on Wednesday.

The proceedings of the Upper and the Lower Houses have remained largely stagnant, as the Opposition continued to create a ruckus, demanding that the Prime Minister speaks on the issue of demonetisation.

Criticising Modi’s absence in the parliamentary session, Congress’ Gaurav Gogoi said:

It is very important that the Prime Minister respects the sentiment of the Parliament. I don’t understand what is so unjustifiable in this demand

The Taxation Laws Bills were passed in the Lok Sabha despite MPs raising loud slogans against the BJP-led government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP ministers and MPs to submit their bank statements for the period from 8 November to 31 December to party chief Amit Shah by 1 January 2017.

Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 3:22 PM

Wednesday Highlights

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

• Banks have put an internal limit on cash withdrawals as they brace for pay day. Additionally, banks have also asked employers to pay their staff’s salary using prepaid cards instead of cash.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)-operated currency presses will start printing the new Rs 500 notes on Wednesday even as the two government-owned presses run behind schedule, Livemint reported.
• According to PTI, The RBI restricted the withdrawal limit from Jan Dhan accounts up to Rs 10,000 per month.
• Fully KYC complaint a/c holders may be allowed to withdraw Rs 10,000 in a month after banks ascertain the genuineness of such withdrawals, ANI reported.
• Opposition parties to hold a meeting in Parliament ahead of Wednesday's session.
• A cabinet meeting is scheduled to take place later on Wednesday.
• 39,000 ATMs of SBI have been recalibrated. Cash arrangements “are in place with respect to salary accounts”, News18 quoted SBI as saying.

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Updated at:30th Nov, 2016 at 3:22 PM