Budget Session 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Says He Will Visit Birbhum Tomorrow
Parliament Budget Session 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: This blog will bring you the latest updates from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
West Bengal BJP MPs held protests in the Parliament premises over the Birbhum violence in West Bengal. Eight people were kiled in the incident after houses were set ablaze in Rampurhat, Birbhum. The arson took place after the murder of a local TMC leader.
Congress MPs staged a protest in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament demanding rollback of hike in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders.
The zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha by Ram Kumar Verma was given to demand revision of family income eligibility criteria for pre-Matric and post-Matric scholarships to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students.
Congress MP Shakti Sinh Gohil gives Suspension of Business notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha, to discuss the increases in prices of LPG cooking gas and fuel prices.
After both the houses witnessed a ruckus on Tuesday due to rising fuel prices, Parliament is expected to witness a stormy session today as the fuel prices have again been increased for a second consecutive day.
Background
Budget Session 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Today's session in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is expected to be stormy as fuel prices have increased by 80 paise/l for a second consecutive day. On Tuesday, opposition leaders walked out of the Rajya Sabha after it raised objections to rising prices of fuel and demanded a discussion on the same.
Opposition parties including Trinamool Congress, Shiv Sena and Congress created pandemonium as the Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected their plea to hold discussion over rising fuel prices under Rule 267.
Trinamool Congress leader trooped into the well of the Upper House and started sloganeering against the government by showing placards soon. As the Opposition party MPs did not consider Chairman's request to allow the functioning of the House and begin the Zero Hour, Naidu adjourned the House till 12. The ruckus started soon after the papers were laid on the table and Naidu addressed the House over World Water Day.
Meanwhile, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that India's road infrastructure will be like that of the United States by 2024. Replying to the debate on the demands for grants related to his ministry in the Lok Sabha, Gadkari said that roads were connected with the prosperity of the country and good road infrastructure helps bring down the cost of logistics which was vital for economic development.
He referred to former US President John F Kennedy who had said that American roads are not good because America is rich, but America is rich because American roads are good. "To make India prosperous, I will ensure that before December 2024, India's road infrastructure will be like that of America," Gadkari said.
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