Parliament Live Updates: RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expunged parts of Mallikarjun Kharge's speechParliament Budget Session Highlights (February 13): The first part of the 2023 Budget session concluded Monday, with the Lok Sabha adjourned for a month-long recess till March 13.
Earlier in the day, Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till March 13 amid continuous sloganeering by Opposition leaders. Addressing a press conference after the House was adjourned, BJP leaders Pralhad Joshi and Piyush Goyal demanded an apology from Opposition leaders for allegedly obstructing the functioning of Parliament. With this the first part of the Rajya Sabha’s Parliamentary Budget Session has come to an end. The House will now reconvene in March for the second part of the Budget session.
Moments after proceedings commenced on Monday morning, chaos broke out after parts of Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge’s speech were expunged by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. “LoP, you’ve indicated in so many words that the Chair is acting under pressure. These words are expunged. You are forfeiting your right to hold the floor of the House every time you are saying that the Chair is acting under pressure,” Dhankhar said.
The first part of 2023's Budget session concluded on Moday, with the Lok Sabha being adjourned for a month-long recess.
It will meet again on March 13.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday asked members to not turn Parliament's Lower House into a "municipal corporation" as BJP and TMC MPs locked horns over an issue related to West Bengal government employees.
The verbal clash broke out after Saumitra Khan, an MP from the ruling BJP, raised during the Question Hour the issue of dearness allowance payment to employees of the West Bengal government and asked Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav if the Centre can address the matter.
"Employees of the West Bengal government are sitting on a hunger strike… They are not getting their dearness allowance," Khan said, asking Yadav "is there any provision under which the central government can directly (address the issue)?" Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Kalyan Banerjee immediately objected to Khan's raising the issue and questioned its relevance in Lok Sabha.
The BJP MP also sought to know from the minister how many workers from West Bengal are registered on the eShram portal, a national database of unorganised workers created by the Centre.
Replying to Khan's question, Yadav said over 2.57 crore workers from West Bengal are registered on the portal. However, the minister did not say anything on the issue of state government employees raised by him.
"I will give a reply on the remaining subject after taking cognisance of that," Yadav said.
Objecting to Khan's question, Banerjee said, "We are sitting here, (but) it doesn't mean whatever they want they can speak here.
Relevancy is required. He is talking about the payment of the dearness allowance of state government employees and this doesn't have any connection with the question itself." As the BJP member sought to counter Banerjee, an exchange of words broke out between TMC and BJP MPs, prompting Lok Sabha Speaker Birla to intervene.
"Don't discuss among yourselves... Don't turn it into a municipal corporation," Birla said, asking members to stop arguing with each other. (PTI)
Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till March 13 amid continuous sloganeering by Opposition leaders. Addressing a press conference after the House was adjourned, BJP leaders Pralhad Joshi and Piyush Goyal demanded an apology from Opposition leaders for allegedly obstructing the functioning of Parliament.
A video of Rajya Sabha MP and veteran actor Jaya Bachchan pointing angrily at chairman Jagdeep Dhankar has drawn the ire of the BJP, with several leaders sharing and condemning the clip. In the video, she can be seen walking up to Vice President Dhankhar angrily, and pointing a finger at him, while can be heard saying “Take your seat…” repeatedly. BJP leader Ajay Sehrawat took to Twitter saying that the Samajwadi Party MP’s behaviour was embarrassing.
Moments after proceedings commenced on Monday morning, chaos broke out in Rajya Sabha after parts of Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge’s speech were expunged by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. “LoP, you’ve indicated in so many words that the Chair is acting under pressure. These words are expunged. You are forfeiting your right to hold the floor of the House every time you are saying that the Chair is acting under pressure,” Dhankhar said.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had been asked to present proof to back the allegations he had made earlier about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's links with Adani Group. "Without giving any notice to speaker,you can’t raise such allegations against our PM," he told news agency ANI. "In notice,we have asked Rahul Gandhi to show proof to speaker by 15th Feb that can prove his claims or must apologise in Parliament or else he will lose his seat Lok Sabha."
The Budget Session of Parliament, which commenced on January 31, will resume at 11 am on Monday. Ahead of today’s proceedings, leaders of like minded Opposition parties met in the chambers of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
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