Opposition members protest in the well of the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)Parliament Budget Session Highlights (March 21): The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day with the Opposition demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe (JPC) probe into the Adani issue, and BJP demanding an “unambiguous apology” from Rahul Gandhi for his remarks in the UK that democracy in India is “under attack”
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Rs 1.118 lakh crore budget for the financial year 2023-24 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir by a voice vote amid the din.
Meanwhile, in what could be a first, Opposition MPs protested from the first floor of the Parliament House building today, demanding that a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) be constituted to look into the allegations of fraud and stock manipulation against the Adani Group.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition MPs during a protest over the Adani issue, at Parliament House complex in New Delhi, Friday, March 17, 2023. (PTI Photo)
Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Tuesday amid ruckus in the House with the Opposition demanding a JPC probe into the Adani issue. The House will meet again on Thursday, March 23.
Parliament remained paralysed for the sixth day in a row on Monday due to protests from rival sides.
While the BJP has demanded an "unambiguous apology" from Gandhi for his remarks in the UK that democracy in India is "under attack", several opposition parties have been demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe (JPC) into allegations against the Adani Group. (PTI)
Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Rs 1.118 lakh crore budget for financial year 2023-24 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, amid ruckus by the Opposition over a demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue.
As soon as the House met again at 2 pm after an adjournment, Rajindra Agrawal, who was chairing the proceedings, asked BJP's Jugal Kishore Sharma to initiate the discussion on the budget for the Union Territory, which is under central rule at present.
Sharma spoke for a minute after which the process to pass the budget was initiated. The budget for Jammu and Kashmir was passed by a voice vote amid din. (PTI)
There will be no session of either House of the Parliament on Wednesday (March 22).
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid uproar over Rahul Gandhi's remarks on democracy.
Opposition protests from the first floor of the Parliament House building, demanding a JPC probe into the allegations of fraud and stock manipulation against the Adani group. (Express)
Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Tuesday amid ruckus by treasury benches calling for Rahul Gandhi's apology on democracy remarks in the UK.
Lok Sabha reconvenes with constant sloganeering from the treasury benches, demanding apology from Rahul Gandhi.
Both the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned till 2 pm amid ruckus by the Opposition MPs who raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi while demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into Adani case. In the Lok Sabha, the parties resorted to sloganeering 'Narendra Modi shame shame' and 'We want JPC'. After making a few futile attempts to bring the House in order, Speaker Om Birla adjourned the proceedings till 2 pm.
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Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has said time has been sought for Rahul Gandhi to speak in the Parliament tomorrow. “If granted, he will speak in the Parliament tomorrow,” Kharge said in a video released by the news agency PTI.
"The U.S.-based Freedom House downgraded India to a “partially free democracy”. V-Dem Institute of Sweden described India as an 'electoral autocracy'. In the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, India has slipped to rank 53. In this decline, both Houses of Parliament and their members have played their part," Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram writes.
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari gives suspension of business notice under rule 267 to discuss the "need to constitute a JPC to investigate the govt's role in promoting business interests of Adani Group", reports ANI.
As the stand-off between the BJP and the Congress MPs continues to mar the Parliament proceedings, Opposition parties are likely to meet at Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge’s office in Parliament today to chalk out strategy to the floor of the House, news agency ANI reported.