Day 4 of Parliament Winter Session Highlights: The fourth day of the winter session kicked off at 11 am today, but was stalled quickly as the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha stood adjourned for the day amid protests and slogans in the House. Parliament proceedings have been stalled since the beginning of the Winter Session amid protests by Opposition parties over the Adani issue and violence in Manipur and Sambhal. On Thursday, both Houses were adjourned for the day soon after reconvening at 12 noon. While adjournment motion notices by Opposition MPs on various subjects were rejected by Speaker Om Birla in the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar rejected all 16 notices from various Opposition parties under Rule 267. In the meanwhile, a motion to extend the duration of the JPC examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill up to the last day of Budget Session 2025 was adopted by the House. Priyanka Gandhi takes oath: On the third day, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took oath as a MP from Wayanad. She contested in the Lok Sabha bypolls after her brother Rahul Gandhi had vacated the seat. This was followed by the party’s Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan taking oath as MP from Nanded.
