Parliament Today: Suspense Over RaGa's Return As MP, Delhi Services Bill Faces Final Hurdle In RS

Parliament Top Points: The AAP and the Congress have issued whips to their Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in the House Union Home Minister Amit Shah will table the Delhi Services Bill today.

The Parliament is set to witness high-octane drama on Monday as Union Home Minister Amit Shah will table the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, for consideration and passage in Rajya Sabha while in Lok Sabha, the issue of reinstating Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's membership is expected to be taken up by the Opposition. The Congress leaders have been questioning Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla for not reinstating the former Wayanad MP's status as a parliamentarian after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the Modi surname case last week.

Will Rahul Gandhi Return To Lok Sabha? Delhi Services Bill To Face Final Hurdle In Rajya Sabha — Top Points

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah will move The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, for consideration and passage in Rajya Sabha today. The bill that seeks to replace the ordinance on transfers and postings of senior officers in the Delhi government was passed by Lok Sabha on Thursday amid a walkout by the opposition parties.
  
  


• Both the AAP and the Congress have issued whips to their Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in the House for discussion.
  
  "All members of Congress Party in Rajya Sabha are requested to kindly remain present in the House from 11 am onwards till the adjournment of the House on Monday, August 7, 2023, without fail and support the party stand," Jairam Ramesh, the Congress' chief whip in the Upper House said, as quoted by news agency PTI.
  
  The AAP issued a three-line whip, mandating the presence of all its MPs in the House today and tomorrow, stating, "This may be treated as most important."
  
  


•  The INDIA alliance parties will make all-out efforts to foil the government's move to pass the bill even as the numbers are stacked in favour of the NDA with BJD and YSRCP pledging their support to the government on the bill. 
  
  


• The opposition leaders are also cornering the Lok Sabha secretariat over reinstating Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's status as the Wayanad MP. Congress MP
  K C Venugopal on Sunday criticised the delay in the required LS notification for Rahul to attend the Parliament.
  
  He wrote, "Rahul Gandhi’s conviction was stayed on Friday. As a natural consequence, he should be in Parliament tomorrow. The BJP cannot drag it's feet anymore, over 48 hours have passed since the Supreme Court verdict. Any further delay in issuing the necessary notification will be going against the spirit of the SC order. As the SC rightly noted, his disqualification is not a personal matter but something that impacts the democratic rights of the people of Wayanad."
  
  
  


• Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut also hit out at the Modi government in this matter saying, "The (Central) government is scared of Rahul Gandhi. Surat Court convicted him, and the Lok Sabha speaker disqualified him within 24 hours. The Supreme Court has now stayed the conviction, but his membership has not been reinstated. The I.N.D.I.A. parties will meet tomorrow to plan their strategy."
  
  


• The Congress has called a meeting of its Lok Sabha MPs in Parliament at 10.30 am to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the House, news agency ANI reported.
  
  


• Prior to this, the INDIA party's floor Leaders will meet at 10 am at Leader of Opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge's Rajya Sabha Office in Parliament to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the house, as per ANI.
  
  


• Prior to the Rajya Sabha session, the INDIA alliance expressed unity to face the Centre's Delhi Services Bill with AAP Minister Gopal Rai accusing the Union government of trying to forcibly strip Delhi of its rights. Congress leader Pramod Tiwari called it a "dangerous assault" on the country's constitution.
  
  


• Meanwhile, the BJP expressed confidence about the passage of the bill as MP Ramesh Bidhuri said, "The bill will undoubtedly be passed in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow. It (the bill) was not passed without debate; the opposition walked out of Lok Sabha because they had no arguments against it."

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