Monsoon Session Highlights: Voting For Presidential Polls Underway, Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Vote
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Delhi | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote for the Presidential elections
Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, and Mallikarjun Kharge cast their votes for the Presidential polls
Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, and Mallikarjun Kharge cast their votes for the Presidential polls
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan cast their votes
Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day amid opposition uproar over issue of price rise, PTI reported.
Congress MP P Chidambaram, NC's Farooq Abdullah, SAD (Amritsar)'s Simranjit Singh Mann, and AAP's Raghav Chadha cast their votes for the Presidential polls
"Grateful to PM Modi, leadership for giving a humble man from 'kisan family' like me such historic opportunity": NDA VP nominee Dhankhar
"The route towards Delhi goes via Lucknow. Droupadi Murmu is winning the polls with a massive number of votes," said SBSP chief OP Rajbhar after casting his vote for the Presidential polls.
Delhi | NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar files his nomination for the Vice Presidential elections in the presence of PM Narendra Modi.
Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day amid disruption by Cong members over price rise & GST issues
Opposition MPs protest in Rajya Sabha and walk up to the Well of the House over inflation and GST rate hikes. House adjourned for the day.
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2pm for voting in Presidential election in Parliament premises.
Newly elected MPs take oath in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha take oath
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla pays tribute to former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.
Former Prime Minister of India and Congress MP Manmohan Singh, after casting his vote in the election being held for the post of President of India in Parliament.
President Election 2022: Union Minister and BJP MP Anurag Thakur casts his vote.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, and Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia cast their votes for electing the new president of India.
Voting in the election being held for the post of President of India is underway at Parliament
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, and Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel cast their votes in their state assemblies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi votes to elect new President, in Delhi
Voting begins for the Presidential election; MPs and MLAs across the country cast their votes.
Delhi | Voting for Presidential elections to commence shortly in Parliament premises and state legislative assemblies
Delhi | Union Ministers and BJP MPs S Jaishankar, Sarbananda Sonowal, Hardeep Singh Puri, and Arjun Munda arrived at Parliament Library Building.
Monsoon session of Parliament | Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over Centre's Agnipath recruitment scheme, ANI reported.
"There should be dialogue in the Parliament with an open mind, if necessary, there should be a debate. I urge all MPs to contemplate deeply & discuss": Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the Parliament.
"This Session is also important because elections for the office of President & Vice President are taking place right now. Voting (for the Presidential election) is taking place today. During this period, the new President and Vice President will begin guiding the nation," he added, as quoted by ANI.
"This period is very important. It is the period of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. There is a special significance of 15th Aug and coming 25 yrs - when the nation would celebrate 100 yrs of independence, would be the time to make a resolution to decide the journey and the new heights we scale," PM Narendra Modi
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha under Rule 267 over "Centre not allowing Delhi CM to visit Singapore" and demands discussion on the issue.
Monsoon session of Parliament | The meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha chaired by Speaker Om Birla is scheduled to be held today.
NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu's win is certain: BJP chief whip
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha under Rule 267 over "Centre not allowing Delhi CM to visit Singapore" and demands discussion on the issue.
The meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha chaired by Speaker Om Birla is scheduled to be held today.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore Congress MP Manickam Tagore to discuss the issue of "hike in the price of domestic cylinders and petroleum products in the country", ANI reported.
The NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha are set for a face-off on Monday as nearly 4,800 elected MPs and MLAs vote on Monday to elect the 15th President of India. NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu seems to have a clear edge over Sinha as over 60 per cent of votes are expected to be cast in her favour, reported news agency PTI.
The voting for the presidential election will begin at 10 am and end at 5 pm for which ballot boxes have already reached their destinations. The counting of votes will take place at Parliament House on July 21 and the swearing-in ceremony of the new President will be held on July 25 after the declaration of the results.
Background
New Delhi: The Parliament's Monsoon session begins Monday as Members of Parliament (MPs) are slated to vote for the Presidential polls with NDA's candidate Droupadi Murmu and the opposition candidate, Yashwant Sinha, in the fray. This year's Monsoon Session is particularly important as polls for electing both President and Vice-President are slated to take place in this session.
While the Presidential polls will be held today, the Vice Presidential polls will take place on August 6.
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14 Bills Ready To Be Presented, Oppn To Seek Discussion On 25 Issues
This session, scheduled to be held till August 12, will have 18 sittings. In the meeting convened by the government, the opposition parties demanded discussion with the government on about 25 issues, 13 of which were raised by the Congress party, as per MP and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge.
During the Monsoon Session, the Opposition is expected to raise issues pertaining to the new Agnipath recruitment scheme for the armed forces, unemployment, inflation, and alleged misuse of central agencies to target leaders among others while the Union government will seek to push several legislations.
Leaders of 36 parties attended the all-party meeting held on Sunday. These include BJP, Congress, TMC, NCP, DMK, SP, BSP, RJD, and other parties.
The prominent leaders who attended the all-party meeting include Congress MPs Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh, Rashtriya Lok Dal MP Jayant Chaudhary, DMK MP Tiruchi Siva, AIADMK MP Dr M Thambi Durai, YSRCP MP Vijayasai Reddy, TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel.
It was chaired by Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, and Union minister Piyush Goyal.
The Parliamentary Affairs Minister also informed that the government would hold an all-party meeting on the Sri Lanka situation on Tuesday which will be chaired by Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar.
"32 bills have been indicated from various departments will be presented in this session of Parliament. 14 bills are ready. We will not pass the bills without discussion," he stated.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the BJP-led Union government did not inform the opposition about the 14 bills to be presented in the session beginning Monday.
"We took up 13 issues in the all-party meeting. Government will present 32 bills in the Parliament session of which only 14 are ready. They didn't even tell us about those 14 bills. We'll barely have 14 working days in session. We have to discuss 20 topics and pass 32 bills," the Congress leader said, as quoted by ANI.
He further stated that issues including "Chinese incursion, foreign policy, changes in Forest Conversation Act, issues relating to J&K and Kashmiri pandits, attacks against Congress leaders" need to be discussed.
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Legislation On Agenda
As per news agency ANI, some of the bills that are on the pending list include The Indian Antarctica Bill, 2022. The bill is pending in the Lok Sabha.
- The Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019, passed by Lok Sabha is likely to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha in the upcoming session.
- The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 passed by Lok Sabha is yet to be passed by Rajya Sabha.
- The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 is pending in Lok Sabha.
- The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019, and The National Anti-Doping Bill, 2021 are also pending in Lok Sabha.
- The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Regarding State of UP - amendment regarding change of district name to be approved by Cabinet) was introduced in Lok Sabha in March 2022.
The new bills to be newly introduced in the Parliament during the Monsoon session include:
- The Central Universities Amendment Bill, 2022
- The Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022 - It sent for printing on Thursday.
- Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2019, (in respect of State of Assam),
The Mediation Bill, 2021 (with Standing Committee chaired by Shri Sushil Kumar Modi), the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (report of Standing Committee under examination) and the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019 (report of Standing Committee under examination) are some of the other pending important bills, ANI reported.
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