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Parliament Winter Session Highlights: The Winter Session of Parliament began today (November 29) with the government listing a bill to repeal the three farm laws on the first day itself even as the Opposition plans to push for a law on minimum support price on agriculture produce. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill is slated to be introduced in Lok Sabha on November 29. Opposition parties have raised the issue of legal backing for MSP at an all-party meet called by the government ahead of the session. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not present at the all-party meeting convened by the government, Defence Minister and Deputy Leader of Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh sought cooperation from all parties for productive and smooth functioning of the House. Besides the repeal bill, the government has listed 25 draft legislations for the session, including one to ban all but a few private cryptocurrencies while allowing an official digital currency by the RBI. A Joint Committee of Parliament report on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 will also be tabled in the two Houses during the session. The bill was brought in Parliament in 2019 and was referred to the committee for further scrutiny on demand of opposition members. The session will conclude on December 23.
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This is totally undemocratic; murder of democracy & Constitution. We've not been given the opportunity to be heard. This is a one-sided, biased, vindictive decision. Opposition parties haven't been consulted, saysCongress MP Ripun Bora-one of the 12 RS MPs suspended for this session.Yes, we had protested in the last session. We had protested for the cause of farmers, the poor people and as Parliamentarians, it is our duty to raise the voices of the oppressed, deprived. If we don't raise the voices in Parliament, where will we do that?
From Dist Court to Supreme Court, an accused is heard even there, lawyers are provided for them too, sometimes Govt officials are sent to take their version. Here our version wasn't taken, saysShivSenaMPPriyankaChaturvedi- one of the 12RajyaSabhaMPs suspended for this session.If you see the CCTV footage it has been recorded how male marshals were jostling female MPs. All of this on one side & your decision on the other? What kind of unparliamentarybehaviouris this?
In so many years that I've been here, this is the first time I'm seeing this kind of environment. Bill was passed in absolute chaos. I feel that a special Parliament protection bill should now be passed. Small parties don't get the chance to speak, saidSP MPJayaBachchan.They should've talked about the loss of people, the strikes, & the rising vegetable prices. What is this government doing? How will we eat? The water is polluted, the air is polluted, how will we live?, she further added.
Govt has repealed the farm laws in fear of political loss ahead of Assembly elections. A large group in the country is saying thatCAAis a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution. We demand that the Centre should repeal Citizenship (Amendment) Act, says AIMIMMPAsaduddinOwaisi
The 12RajyaSabhaMPs have been suspended for indiscipline in the last session of the House.ElamaramKareem -CPM,PhuloDeviNetam,ChhayaVerma, R Bora,RajamaniPatel,SyedNasirHussain,AkhileshPrasad Singh - INC,BinoyViswam- CPI,DolaSen &ShantaChhetri-TMC,PriyankaChaturvedi& AnilDesai- ShivSenasuspended for remaining part of the current session.
Earlier, we had said that the govt will have to withdraw the farm laws, and today these laws were repealed. It is unfortunate that the farm laws were repealed without discussion. This government is scared of holding a discussion, saysRahulGandhi.The fact is that the Central government could not face the strength of the Indian people represented by farmers in this case. The upcoming State elections must have also played on their mind, he further said.
Prime MinisterNarendra Modiwas on Monday greeted by members of theBJPwith thumping of desks and 'BharatMata Ki Jai'slogan as he entered theLok Sabhachamber on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament.Members for the Opposition raised the 'JaiKisan' slogan.The prime minister reached theLok Sabhaminutes before theHousemet for the day. It is usual forBJPand its allies to greet the prime minister with slogans and thumping of benches when he enters theHouseon day one of theParliamentsession.
Amid ruckus in Upper House, the Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 passed inRajyaSabha. RS adjourned till 2.38 pm.
