With no signs of ice thawing between the ruling BJP and Opposition parties, clouds of uncertainty over Parliament’s Budget Session are getting darker. On Tuesday, proceedings of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned abruptly until 2 pm within a few minutes of the Houses convening.
Sources in the ruling BJP said the Budget Session cannot run “with no business and complete logjam” till April 6, when it is scheduled to conclude. If the impasse is not broken, the government would have to find a way to complete the passage of the Budget, which includes the passing of the Finance Bill. If there’s no end to the stalemate, the Budget will have to be passed this week, said a party source. Moreover, there is no Parliament on Wednesday.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Thursday held guilty and sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court in a 2019 defamation case. The conviction came over his remarks about the “Modi” surname. Significantly, the conviction triggers the process of his disqualification as a lawmaker. What is the ruling and how does the disqualification operate?
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