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Beginning of Parliament session disrupted in protest against Agriculture Act: 10 points

November 29, 2021
Bharat Times

Winter session of Parliament: The government is expected to introduce 36 legislative bills.

New Delhi:
The 25-day winter session of Parliament, during which 36 bills, including one to repeal agricultural laws, are expected to be passed, will begin today. The opposition may surround the government on other issues including Pegasus dispute and price hike.

Here’s your 10-point cheatsheet on this story:

  1. Minutes after Parliament was called for the winter session, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon amid slogans.

  2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today Said that his government is ready to answer all questions As he underlined, “Whatever voice is raised against the government or the policies of the government – ​​the dignity of Parliament and the chair of the Speaker must be upheld.”

  3. in 19 meetings of winter sessionThe government is expected to introduce 36 legislative bills and one finance bill. NS agriculture law repeal bill Listed for introduction and passage in the Lok Sabha on the first day. It will be presented by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. ruling BJP and the opposition Congress Whip issued to your MPs be present on the day.

  4. Other bills to be passed in the session include the Regulation of Important Cryptocurrencies and Official Digital Currency Bill, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill.

  5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Did not attend the all-party meeting yesterday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi denied it was a violation of tradition, saying, “There was no tradition of the Prime Minister attending an all-party meeting. It was started by Modi. Yes,

  6. Mallikarjun Kharge, CongressThe leader in the Rajya Sabha said they were expecting the Prime Minister to participate. “We wanted to ask more about the agricultural laws as there are some apprehensions that these three laws may come again in some other form,” he said.

  7. 31 parties participated in the meeting on Sunday, but the Aam Aadmi Party staged a walkout in the middle. Sanjay Singh, representing the party, said he was not allowed to speak.

  8. National People’s Party’s Agatha Sangma, who is the Lok Sabha MP from Meghalaya, urged the government to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act in the upcoming session of Parliament.

  9. Trinamool Congress – expanding rapidly at the expense of the Congress – assured on Sunday that it would remain part of a united opposition, allaying concerns of rift ahead of the winter session.

  10. Senior party leader Derek O’Brien, however, said, “There is a difference between the RJD, the DMK, the RJD and the CPM – they are all electoral allies of the Congress. The NCP-Shiv Sena and JMM run the government with the Congress. … Congress is ours. Not an electoral ally and neither are we running the government with them. That’s the difference.”

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