Winter Session Highlights: Amit Shah To Address LS On Jammu And Kashmir Bills On Tuesday
Parliament Winter Session Highlights: Please follow this space for all the latest update on the Winter Session of the Parliament which starts from Monday.
Both Houses adjourned for the day; will resume at 11 am tomorrow
On J&K bills in Lok Sabha, BJP Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal says, "It is a big step from PM Modi for the people of J&K. With this the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, in J&K assembly, seats for SC will be increased to 7 from existing 6 seats. Reservation is also being brought in for members of the ST community, Kashmiri migrants, PoJK refugees and women. With the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 bill, the reservation will be introduced for the weaker sections in jobs government institutions." (ANI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will give a statement on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha on 6th December, ANI reported.
"I express my disagreement on this. This is a step towards disempowerment, more than empowerment," says PDP spokesperson Mohit Bhan on Bill to reserve seats for Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. (PTI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a discussion on J&K bills in Lok Sabha said, "How can a country have two PMs, two constitutions and two flags? Those who did this, they did wrong. PM Modi corrected it. We have been saying since 1950 that there should be 'Ek Pradhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Vidhan' (One Prime Minister, one flag and one Constitution) in the country, and we did it."
HM Shah was speaking on remarks made by TMC MP Saugata Roy's on J-K bills. (ANI)
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 taken up for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha on govt action against wilful defaulters "Action is being taken on wilful defaulters. Banks taking steps to get money back from these defaulters...Till 31st March 23, Rs 33,801 crores aggregate amount recovered. Around more than Rs 15,000 crores was returned to the banks from defaulters on whom PMLA action was taken. As of 1st Dec, assets amounting to Rs 15,186.64 crores have been confiscated by the ED."
Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm today.
“Police” is a State subject falling in List-II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. It is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/Union Territory (UT) Administrations to recruit more women police personnel including improvement of gender balance. The Centre also issues advisories to the States/UTs for the increasing number of women in the police forces. As per data on Police Organisations compiled by BPR&D, the detail of the number of women police personnel in the last decade as of 1st January 2014 is 1,05,325 and as of 1st January 2022 are 2,46,103: MoS Home Nityanand Rai in written reply to Lok Sabha
Union Home Minister Amit Shah to move the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha today. He will be making a detailed statement regarding the Bills in the House.
Delhi | AAP MPs protest on the Parliament premises against the alleged misuse of Central agencies.
On West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's statement on the upcoming INDIA alliance meeting, Amravati MP Navneet Rana says, "This is just the start. They will break soon. They cannot do anything against PM Modi. He (PM) will win again."
Winter Session of Parliament | On West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's statement on the upcoming INDIA alliance meeting, BJP MP Sushil Modi says, "They always blame EVM after losing in the elections. Why was this question not raised when they won in the Telangana elections or in the Karnataka elections? They do this kind of thing always...."
Budgetary allocation for the scheme "Assistance to States for Narcotics Control" from F.Y. 2021-22 to F.Y. 2023-24 is Rs 5 Crore each year: MoS Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Lok Sabha
Private Security Agencies in the country are regulated as per provisions of the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005 [PSAR Act]. The data pertaining to the number of private security agencies in the country is not maintained centrally. This data is maintained at the level of State/UT. However, in the year 2019, the Central Government has developed a 'Private Security Agency Licensing Portal' to facilitate the States/UTs for online issue of licence to private security agencies. As per the web portal, there are 21835 licenses of Private Security Agencies as of 30.11.2023: MoS Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Lok Sabha
CLP meeting of the newly-elected MLAs of Rajasthan Congress underway in Jaipur.
Independent candidate in Rajasthan Assembly polls and newly elected MLA Ravindra Bhati Joshi meets state BJP chief CP Joshi.
After the Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group meeting, MP Manickam Tagore says, "We have identified the issues like price rise, Farmers' distress... we will sit with INDIA alliance leaders and we will raise people's issues."
Parliament Floor leaders of I.N.D.I.A bloc parties to hold a meeting tomorrow at 10 am in the Rajya Sabha LOP chamber in Parliament.
The Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 passed in Lok Sabha.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore arrives for Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group meeting at Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi's residence. He says, " We will decide on what needs to be done in the upcoming Parliament session...won't discuss about election results, this meeting is to chalk out the strategy for Parliament session."
Rajya Sabha adjourned to meet again on Tuesday at 11 am.
AAP MP Raghav Chadha returns to the Parliament as his suspension was revoked by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, after 115 days.
In a video message, Chadha thanked people for their love and blessings that he received during the period of suspension.
"I had to approach the Supreme Court to get my suspension discontinued. It was after the Supreme Court's intervention that my suspension was ended. At least for 115 days, I was suspended. During those days, I could not ask your questions inside Parliament and was not able to raise your voice inside the House," he said.
"Not only for INDIA Alliance but for any alliance - if there is any leader who can sink the entire alliance, it is Nitish Kumar...If the INDIA Alliance has suffered any loss, it is due to Nitish Kumar and his statements," says Lok Janshakti Party MP Chirag Paswan.
"People understood the manner in which he made anti-women and anti-Dalit remarks, the manner in which forgery was done in the caste survey in Bihar for their political benefit...Nitish Kumar is the biggest reason for the loss of Opposition," he adds.
"Let them (government) place it first. When they didn't list it, then what could I say," says TM MP Mahua Moitra on tabling of report by Ethics Committee in Lok Sabha.
"Elections have not happened in J&K... It has been six-seven years; what is the reason," asks National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah.
"Defeat and victory keep happening...We should learn from both...India is for everyone, and it is the work of everyone to strengthen it," he adds.
The meeting of Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group will be held at 5 pm today at Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi's residence to chalk out the strategy for the winter session of Parliament
Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali says the report of the Ethics Committee on Mahua Moitra is against the rules. "Mahua Moitra's deposition is incomplete. So, we are demanding a discussion at least in the House. We have also written to the Speaker about how can there be a suo-motu recommendation against a Member. Nobody is ready to abide by the rules and regulations..." he adds.
The meeting of Privileges Committee of Rajya Sabha will be held at 12:30 pm today in the Parliament over the matter of Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha's suspension.
The report of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Mahua Moitra over the 'cash-for-query- case will be tabled after 12 noon today, says BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, on whose complaint the action was taken. "Report will be tabled after 12 noon," says Dubey.
"Let the report be tabled. I don't know what is mentioned in the report...What I had to say, I said before the Ethics Committee...I will be able to make a comment only after the report is tabled.....I don't know how was the report leaked, I think Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury leaked it..." he adds.
Lok Sabha adjourns till 12 Noon after MPs create a ruckus in the House. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was seen asking Speaker Om Birla to direct the Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali not to wear a placard in the House. The session was adjourned after the Speaker told Ali that wearing a placard was against the rules.
BJP MPs raise "teesri baar Modi sarkar" and "baar baar Modi sarkar" slogans in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter Session.
Communist Party of India MP P Santhosh Kumar says, "We have already made our stand very clear that there should be a place for the opposition's agenda as well." "The government is likely to introduce 19 bills... We will take part in the discussion... We have demanded that the opposition should go to the place to raise genuine voices," he adds.
Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge says, "We have called a meeting of all parties. We are sitting for that meeting to decide what is to be done today..."
Ahead of the first day of the Winter Session, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal says, "This is the first day of the Winter Session. If Opposition wants discussion on something, they can give notice. Whatever issues the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman decide, Government is ready to discuss all of them."
Communist Party of India MP Binoy Viswam has given a notice of Suspension of Business In Rajya Sabha under rule 267 demanding a discussion on the "fragile ecology of the Himalayas and the severe threat it causes to workers who are at the forefront of development projects in the region, the concerning situation of workers came to light again in the recent collapse of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand."
Congress MP Manish Tewari gives an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha demanding a discussion on the death penalty to 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel in Qatar.
Background
Parliament Winter Session Highlights: Hello and welcome to the Parliament Winter Session Live blog, please follow this space for all the latest updates and news on the Winter Session of the Parliament which is set to start from Monday. With mercury gradually dropping, the political temperatures are set to rise in the national capital as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party prepares to corner Congressl-led Opposition over the report of the Ethics Committee on TMC MP Mahua Moitra in the 'cash-for-query' case.
Among the bills listed to be tabled in the Lower House of the Parliament, the report by Lok Sabha Ethics Committee into the allegation of the case is also included. The committee has recommended expulsion of the TMC MP from Lok Sabha over the case. The government is also expected to move a motion to adopt the recommendation of the committee.
The Winter Session of the Parliament starts just a day after Bharatiya Janata Party swept the Assembly polls in three out of four states — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Congress, who was expecting a comeback in Madhya Pradesh and retain Chhattisgarh could only manage to oust Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana.
Ahead of the Monday session of the Parliament, leaders of the Opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc will sit together for a meeting in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to chalk out their strategy in both the Houses, reported PTI quoting sources.
Among the bills that are slated to be tabled in the House during the Winter Session include the new bills to replace the IPC, Criminal Penal Code and the Evidence Act besides the bill on appointment of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners.
On Saturday, an all-party meeting was convened of the floor leaders presided by Defence minister Rajnath Singh. The meeting was attended by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Gaurav Gogoi and Pramod Tewari, TMC leaders Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Derek O'Brien and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Fouzia Khan, among others.
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