Monsoon Session 2023 Highlights: The contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, was passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Several bills including a bill for “reforms” in the mining sector, especially for increasing exploration and mining of critical minerals which are essential for economic development and national security in the country were passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Lok Sabha was marred with disruptions after Opposition’s protest over the Manipur issue and only saw adjournments yesterday.
AAP MP Sushil Kumar Rinku suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of the monsoon session for throwing papers at the Chair.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved the resolution, following which Speaker Om Birla sought approval of the House before announcing the decision.
Lok Sabha passes Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill-2023 to replace services ordinance by voice vote.
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 passed in Lok Sabha.
Government ready for discussion on Manipur for as long as opposition wants, I will respond to it, says Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha.
The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till tomorrow.
In the last five years (i.e. 2018 to 2022), CVC (Central Vigilance Commission) has recommended action against 12,756 officers during First Stage Advice and 887 Officers during Second Stage Advice. Out of this, grant of sanction of prosecution was advised in respect of 719 officers, says Jitendra Singh MoS of Personnel, Public, Grievances and Pension to Rajya Sabha.
There are 1,365 vacancies in Indian Administrative Service, 703 in Indian Police Service, 1,042 in Indian Forest Service, and 301 in Indian Revenue Service: Union minister Jitendra Singh informs Rajya Sabha.
In Lok Sabha, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "When you need, you take the help of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru. If you had actually taken the help of Nehru then the country would not have witnessed Manipur and Haryana."
"Pandit Nehru, Sardar Patel, Rajaji (C Rajagopalachari), Rajendra Prasad and BR Ambedkar were against the idea of Delhi being given the status of full statehood," Union minister Amit Shah on National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, said in Lok Sabha today. (PTI)
Taking a jibe at Opposition over the recently formed INDIA bloc, Union Minister Amit Shah said, “Make as many alliances as you want, Modi ji will return to power again with an absolute majority”. He also urged them to ‘think about Delhi and not about the alliance’.
"In the year 2015, a party came to power in Delhi whose only motive was to fight, not serve...The problem is not getting right to do transfer postings, but getting control of the vigilance department to hide their corruption like building their bungalows," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Lok Sabha.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke in Lok Sabha as the House takes up the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 for consideration and passage.
"This ordinance refers to the order of the Supreme Court which says that the Parliament has the right to make laws on any issue related to the National Capital Territory of Delhi," Amit Shah said.
He added. "There are provisions in the Constitution that allow the Centre to make laws for Delhi."
As proceedings resumed in Lok Sabha at 2 pm, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was introduced in the House. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the government should consider wider deliberations on the Bill, and the time was not right for the introduction of the Bill. MP Shashi Tharoor pointed out that the Bill was not sent to the Standing Committee. The opposition has raised concerns that the Bill will “trample upon the Right to Information Act and the right to privacy.”
Jagdeep Dhankhar said, "Our Prime Minister is not to be defended by me. He has come to be recognised on global platforms -- Senate and Congress in the US... Every Indian should be proud of him... why are you shirking from the hard reality, India is rising as never before. The rise is unstoppable... everyone has contributed to it. I am not required to defend anyone. After three decades of coalition government under the PM, I am not required to defend anyone. I am required to defend Constitution, your rights."
LoP Mallikarjun Kharge suggested that the Rajya Sabha be adjourned till 1 pm, when RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar will invite floor leaders to his chambers.
Amid protests from the Treasury Bench, Kharge added, "Sir, you don't agree to such small requests. We asked for Prime Minister to come, you didn't agree to that also. You are defending the PM so much... I don't understand."
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm.
Several Bills have been listed for the legislative business today.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to table the Bill to further amend the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, after he remained absent on Wednesday. The Bill makes amendments to the law on control of services in Delhi and has come under fire from the Opposition.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav is also expected to table the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, which is India's attempt to frame legislation around privacy.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will likely table The Pharmacy (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is likely to table The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday stated that the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government should be discussed first in Parliament, but the Centre has decided to bring in the Bill on Delhi services as a means of dividing the Opposition. He added, that we (Congress) had made our stance clear that we would oppose the Bill.
INDIA Opposition parties floor leaders will meet at 10 am in the office of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha in Parliament to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the house.
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