Parliament Winter Session Highlights: The proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha resumed on seventh day of Winter Session of Parliament with Opposition protesting against the suspension of 12 MPs on December 7. The Upper House was adjourned till 2 pm as soon as the House began functioning. In Lok Sabha, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi moved an adjournment motion demanding compensation to the farmers who died during farmers' agitation. TRS has said it will boycott the remaining session of Parliament session from today. The members of the party will stage a brief sit-in protest at Gandhi Statue at Parliament premises and formally announce their decision against paddy procurement, suspension of 12 MPs and other issues related to Telangana, according to the sources. Other Opposition parties are also expected to protest in Rajya Sabha over the suspension of 12 members. On December 6, several Opposition parties including Congress, DMK, SP, BSP, NCP walked out after Home Minister Amit Shah delivered a statement on the Nagaland incident in Lok Sabha.
Next time, ensure that the coconut cracks and not the road, remarked a member from Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday while flagging concerns about the quality of roads. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) member Shyam Singh Yadav made the remarks during the Question Hour while referring to a recent incident where a portion of a newly constructed road got damaged when an elected representative smashed a coconut on the road during its inauguration in Bijnor district.Smashing a coconut is considered auspicious before starting or inaugurating new projects. Yadav who represents Jaunpur constituency mentioned about the incident while asking a supplementary question related to construction of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). "The quality of road being constructed in Uttar Pradesh under the PMGSY is very poor. You must have seen, a coconut was smashed on a road in Bijnor. The coconut did not crack but the road cracked...," the member said. Taking a swipe, he said that in the first stage, the coconut as well as road should crack and in the next stage "the coconut should crack and not the road".
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"Suspension of MPs is against Constitution and democracy. They would've done it(suspension) if earlier (Monsoon) session of House went for adjournment but punishing MPs in Winter Session for what they did in Monsoon sitting is wrong. They didn't even mention charges," LoP, Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge told ANI on December 7
| The government has been denying to produce the exact number of deaths of our farmers while protesting at the Delhi borders for 1 year. We have at my disposal a list of more than 400 farmers who died during the protest. I will cooperate with the government if they want to identify the farmers who lost their lives during the protest. We have staged a walkout from the Parliament today as a protest against the government’s apathy and indifference against the farmers, says Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulled up Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs, who were either absent or irregularly attending Parliament in the ongoing Winter session on December 7. At a meeting of the BJP’s parliamentary party, Modi warned those MPs, saying that if they don’t transform themselves, there could be changes with time, reported NDTV. The poor attendance of the BJP MPs has been flagged by Modi many times in the past as well.
Modi asked the MPs to “please be regular in attending Parliament and meetings”, the report said. “It is not good for me to continuously stress about this (and treat you) like children. If you don’t change yourself, there will be changes in due course,” Modi said. Several senior ministers of the party, including Home Minister Amit Shah, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, party president JP Nadda and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi were present in the meeting, according to the report.
The warning comes as the BJP-led government faces opposition’s fury in the Parliament. The ruling party is being cornered about various issues, including the botched army operation in Nagaland where 14 civilians were killed in Mon district. Suspension of 12 opposition MPs from the Rajya Sabha is another issue. A total of 12 opposition MPs were suspended from the Upper House on November 29 for the entire Winter session for their “unruly” conduct in the previous session in August.
We found out that Punjab Govt has given Rs 5 Lakh compensation for around 400 farmers; also provided jobs for 152 of them. I have the list. We have made another list of 70 farmers from Haryana. Your govt says that you don't have their names. Around 700 farmers died in farmers' agitation. PM apologised to the nation & farmers of the nation. He accepted that he made a mistake. On 30th Min Agri Min was asked a ques - how many farmers died in the agitation? He said he doesn't have any data, says Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha.
| Suspension of MPs is against Constitution&democracy. They would've done it(suspension) if earlier (Monsoon) session of House went for adjournment but punishing MPs in Winter Session for what they did in Monsoon sitting is wrong. They didn't even mention charges, saysLoP, Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge
Holding the government responsible for the deadlock in the Rajya Sabha, opposition members on Tuesday said they will continue with their joint protests against the suspension of 12 MPs till the time it is revoked. Addressing reporters outside Parliament, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the suspension is against rules and undemocratic.
He said they will continue to protest in support of the suspended members and sit on a dharna with them and also urge Lok Sabha members to sit in support with them. "The government is fully responsible for the deadlock in Rajya Sabha. We have been meeting the chairman and the government and have stressed that they cannot suspend members like this. They have wrongly and undemocratically suspended 12 MPs for what has happened during the previous Monsoon session," he said.
