Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Raghav Chadha In RS Demands Reduction In Age To 21 Years For Contesting Elections
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While speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, AAP MP Raghav Chadha demanded that the minimum age for contesting elections in India be reduced from 25 years to 21 years.
Delhi: RJD MPs hold protest in Parliament, demanding that the increased reservation quota in Bihar be included in the 9th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
The proceedings began in the Rajya Sabha at 11 AM.
The proceedings in the Lok Sabha began on Thursday amid ruckus. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav addressed the Lok Sabha and attacked the government over Anurag Thakur's remarks on caste.
In a post on X, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, "The old parliament was better than this new parliament, where even the old MPs could come and meet. Why not go back to the old parliament, at least till the time the water dripping program is going on in the parliament built with billions of rupees. People are asking whether water dripping from every new roof constructed under the BJP government is a part of their well thought out design or…"
Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to "form a specialized committee, comprising all party MPs, to inspect the Parliament building thoroughly following water leaks inside the Parliament lobby yesterday due to heavy rains."
Union Home Minister Amit Shah to move for leave to introduce a Bill in Lok Sabha today to amend the Disaster Management Act, 2005. Also to introduce the Bill.
Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday moved a Privilege Motion notice in Lok Sabha, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over expunged portions of BJP MP Anurag Thakur's remarks tweeted by him on X along with the whole speech video.
As the proceedings will resume in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, discussions over UPSC coaching centre deaths in the national capital and the landslides in Kerala's Wayanad are likely to resume in both Houses today.
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The Monsoon Session of Parliament began on July 22. On the first day, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey in Parliament. She presented the Union Budget on July 23. The ongoing session will witness 19 sittings scheduled in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha till August 12.
The Congress' parliamentary party on Wednesday observed a moment of silence to pay homage to those killed in the Wayanad landslides and in the flooding of the basement of a coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area.
Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, among others, attended the general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan.
The Congress MPs observed a moment of silence at the start of the meeting to pay tributes to those who lost their lives in the Wayanad landslides and the death of three UPSC aspirants here.
Three UPSC aspirants died due to flooding of the Rau's IAS Study Circle building basement in the central Delhi coaching hub of Old Rajinder Nagar following heavy rain on July 27.
Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday moved a Privilege Motion notice in Lok Sabha, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over expunged portions of BJP MP Anurag Thakur's remarks tweeted by him on X along with the whole speech video.
Thakur's speech was in response to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's address, using Gandhi's reference to the Chakravyuh from Mahabharat to criticise the Congress.
PM Modi lauded Thakur’s speech in the Lok Sabha, describing it as a "must hear" for its mix of facts and humour that exposed the "dirty politics" of the opposition INDIA bloc.
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