Monsoon Session 2023 Highlights: As the Opposition parties continue to protest in Parliament, demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Manipur, the coalition has moved a no-confidence motion against the Central government in the Lok Sabha.
“Opposition parties will be bringing a no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha against the government tomorrow,” news agency ANI quoted Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, the Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, as saying on Tuesday.
The Monsoon session began on July 20 amid the pandemonium over Manipur violence. The BJP has been saying that it is ready for a debate on Manipur and that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will give a statement on the matter. The ruling party has also been highlighting the incidents of atrocities against women in Opposition-ruled states in an attempt to blunt the Opposition’s attack. However, the Opposition wants Modi to come to the House and give a statement.
Monsoon Session 2023 Day 5 Live Updates: Opposition to move no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha today as demand for discussion on Manipur issue continues; Scroll down for more live updates from the Parliament.
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The Upper House has been adjourned till tomorrow.
The Rajya Sabha has passed The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 11 am on Thursday.
The Lower House on Wednesday passed The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023.
Home Minister Amit Shah will table the contentious Delhi Services Bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that the Opposition has decided to stage a walkout demanding PM Modi's statement on Manipur.
As Lok Sabha debates the changes made to The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 which underwent a Joint Committee scrutiny, several MPs raised placards reading ‘INDIA wants PM to speak on Manipur’.
Both Houses of Parliament reconvened at 2 pm amid din by the Opposition over the Manipur issue.
Following the Question Hour, the Upper House has been adjourned till 2 pm.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla allowed the no-confidence motion against the government moved by the Opposition.
Speaker said, "I will discuss with the leaders of all parties and inform to you of an appropriate time to take this up for discussion."
As the Opposition drowns Question Hour in intense sloganeering, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar requested silence in the House.
He said that the "Question Hour is the heart of the Parliamentary debate".
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has alleged that his microphone was switched off while speaking in Parliament.
Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi met AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was suspended from Rajya Sabha on Monday, as she arrived at the Parliament today.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar till 12 pm.
In the Rajya Sabha today, BJP MPs resorted to 'Modi, Modi' chants amid Opposition's demand for Modi's statement on the Manipur issue.
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 12 pm amid uproar over the Manipur issue.
Manickam Tagore, the Congress Whip in Lok Sabha, said PM Modi is behaving like an "arrogant person", and the Opposition wants to "break" his arrogance.
"INDIA alliance is together, INDIA alliance has proposed this idea and yesterday it was decided. Today, the Congress party's leader is moving it. We wanted to break the arrogance of Mr Modi. He is behaving as an arrogant person - not to come to the Parliament and make a statement on Manipur...We feel that it is our duty to use this last weapon," he said.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi filed a no-confidence motion against the Modi government in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The Congress has also called for a meeting of its Lok Sabha MPs in the party’s parliamentary office at 10.30 am and issued a three-line whip for its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the Parliament today.