Rajya Sabha proceedings were washed out on Monday as opposition members raised slogans against the government, demanding a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and NPR. As soon as the House assembled at 3 pm after repeated adjournments, opposition members including those from the Congress, TMC, CPM started raising slogans against the NPR and CAA demanding a debate on the issue. They did not allow Bhupender Yadav (BJP) to move the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address. The Lok Sabha also witnessed protests by opposition members, mostly from the Congress and DMK, against the amended Citizenship Act. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the government cannot silence people’s voice with ‘goli’ (bullet). He said this while referring to Union minister Anurag Thakur’s controversial “shoot the traitors” remarks made at a rally in Delhi recently. Opposition MPs including those from the Congress even walked out of Lok Sabha when BJP MP Parvesh Verma rose to initiate a debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address to protest his controversial remarks during an election rally in Delhi. As soon as Verma rose to initiate the debate, opposition members raised slogans against him. Speaker Om Birla said what a member says outside cannot be raised inside the House and members should not set a “bad precedent”. He said as a member, Verma has all the rights to speak in Lok Sabha. But opposition members, including those from Congress, walked out of the House. Last week, Verma was barred by the Election Commission last week for four days for his controversial remarks made during an interview and at a rally.
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were washed out on Monday as opposition members raised slogans against the government, demanding a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and NPR. As soon as the House assembled at 3 pm after repeated adjournments, opposition members including those from the Congress, TMC, CPM started raising slogans against the NPR and CAA demanding a debate on the issue.
Opposition MPs staged walkout in Lok Sabha as BJP MP from Delhi Parvesh Verma speaks during a discussion on motion of thanks on the President's address.
AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owasi in Lok Sabha said, "We are with the students of Jamia and this government is doing atrocities against the students. This government has no shame, they are firing on students. We stand with the students of Jamia. This government only believes in firing at students, doing atrocities on them."
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha said common people of India are protesting to save the Constitution, they are protesting while holding the constitution & singing the national anthem but they are being fired at. People of India are being killed mercilessly.
Rajya Sabha proceedings were on Monday adjourned for the second time till 2 pm after unrelenting opposition members sought a debate on the issue of NPR and the amended citizenship law. As soon as the Upper House reassembled at noon, members of the Congress, TMC and BSP were up on their feet demanding an immediate discussion on the CAA, NPR and NRC. Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh said he cannot allow discussion on issues on which the chairman has already given a ruling on adjournment notices given by Opposition parties.
Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for close to an hour after opposition parties sought to raise the issue of NPR and amended citizenship law. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu first disallowed notices given by several opposition MPs to discuss the issue and then adjourned proceedings till noon after MPs belonging to the Congress, TMC, Left and BSP rose to raise the issue.
Uproar in Lok Sabha as few opposition MPs shout "Goli maarna bandh karo; desh ko todna bandh karo". The MPs raised slogans as MoS Finance Anurag Thakur was speaking.
The Trinamool Congress has moved at least six amendments in the Rajya Sabha over the President’s speech. The proposed amendments in Rajya Sabha are on the violence against those protesters against the CAA, the economic slowdown, and detention of political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir. The party has said that its MPs will move similar amendments in the Lok Sabha.
Meanwhile, Indian Union Muslim League MP PK Kunhalikutty has given Adjournment Motion in Lok Sabha over recent incident of firing on protestors at Jamia Millia Islamia and statements of BJP MPs Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma that had potential to disturb harmony and "aggravate differences.
CPM and CPI have given a suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 to over "prevailing situation in the country over the proposed National Register of Citizens-National Population Register and Citizenship Amendment Act".
Congress MPs Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Kodikunnil Suresh and Gaurav Gogoi have given Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha to "reconsider Citizenship Amendment Act after unrest in the country & to stop the process of National Register of Citizens & National Population Register".
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vikas Mahatme gives Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over "need to take precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus".
Opposition MPs raised anti-CAA slogans in the Lok Sabha as soon as the House met to transact business for the day. The opposition parties demanding a discussion on the amended citizenship law, NPR and NRC.
Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma have given the suspension of business notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha over "prevailing situation in the country due to proposed NPR-NRC following the Citizenship Amendment Act".
PM Narendra Modi last week told NDA MPs to strongly rebut the opposition’s charge that the CAA discriminated against the community. He stated that the ruling alliance has no reason to feel defensive about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are set for a rocky start as opposition parties plan to corner the Modi government over CAA. Opposition MPs have already given notices in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to immediately discuss the citizenship law that was ameded in December last year.