Parliament Highlights: Venkaiah Naidu rejects Opposition's request to revoke suspension of 12 Oppn MPs

Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow, 1st December. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today chaired a meeting of Floor Leaders of all parties to discuss and end the deadlock.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am, 1st December. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said since the Opposition has boycotted the day's session, the discussion of Bills should be done the next day.

The Centre on Tuesday said it has not enumerated caste-wise population, other than SCs and STs, in Census since the Independence. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said this in the Lok Sabha in reply to a question on whether the government has formulated any scheme or policy for caste-based census. Rai said castes and tribes which are specifically notified as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), as per the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, as amended from time to time, are enumerated in the decadal Census.  "Government of India has not enumerated caste-wise population, other than SCs and STs, in Census since Independence," he said in the written reply.

Some Opposition MPs created ruckus, there was whistling, hooting, one MP had tried to vandalise an LED screen, few MPs attacked women marshals in the last Monsoon Session. Action was needed to protect sanctity of the House: Union min Piyush Goyal on suspension of 12 RS MPs

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has called a meeting of Floor Leaders of all parties to discuss and end the deadlock.

Eight Opposition party leaders led by Mallikarjun Kharge met Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to request him to re-consider revocation of suspension of 12 MPs. Chairman Naidu told them it was not possible without an apology from the suspended members of the House: Sources

The kind of indiscipline we saw in last Monsoon session was never seen before. One Opposition MP tried to vandalise an LED screen, few MPs attacked women marshals. It was important to take action to maintain dignity of the House: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on suspension of 12 RS MP

Lok Sabha adjourned till 3pm. Earlier, the proceedings were adjourned till 2pm amid Opposition protests over various issues. This was the second straight day that the Question Hour was disrupted due to protests after the Winter session began on Monday.

TMC MP Derek O'Brien said that from December 1, 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday, the 12 Opposition MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha will sit in dharna in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue Parliament. He said the TMC will protest along with other Opposition parties against the suspension of its MPs.

Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Parliament complex today. 

MHA in a written reply in Lok Sabha said that West Bengal and Punjab governments have expressed their apprehension that such a move encroaches upon the powers of the State Government. Their apprehension are ill-founded. The extension of territorial jurisdiction of BSF would result in better and more effective control on trans-border crimes in conjunction and co-operation with State Police, it said.

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No specific information indicating any kind of involvement of foreign hand in the attack: MHA in a written reply in Lok Sabha on the recent attack on the Assam Rifles convoy on November 13. "An extensive operation was conducted in surrounding areas by security forces to nab insurgents involved in a recent terror attack on the Assam Rifles convoy on November 13. National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducting probe," the MHA said in Lok Sabha.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was notified on 12 December 2019 and it came into force from 10 January 2020. The persons covered under the CAA may apply for citizenship after the rules are notified under the CAA. Till now, the Government has not taken any decision to prepare the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the national level: Ministry of Home Affairs in a written reply in Lok Sabha: MHA in a written reply in Lok Sabha

If normalcy is to be brought in Kashmir, then Article 370 has to be reinstated: National Conference MP Farooq Abdullah at the Parliament in Delhi

No case of COVID19 variant #Omicron reported in India so far: Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said in Rajya Sabha during Question Hour

We have boycotted the Lok Sabha proceedings for the remaining day in protest against the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs: KC Venugopal, Congress

Opposition leaders protest at Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament premises over suspension of 12 MPs.

Opposition leaders are holding another meeting in the office of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, over the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs

Congress, other opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha stage walkout over suspension of 12 MPs for "unruly" conduct in last session.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said that the Chairman of the Rajya is empowered to take action and also the House can take action. He has rejected the request for the revocation of suspension of 12 MPs.

We came to your office to request for revocation of the suspension of 12 MPs. The incident happened in the last Monsoon session. So, how can you take this decision now: LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikaarjun Kharge

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said that the bitter experience of the last Monsoon Session still continues to haunt most of us. I was expecting & waiting for the leading lights of the House to take lead in expressing outrage over what happened in the last Session.

 Lok Sabha adjourned till 2pm after Congress, DMK and National Conference stage walkout

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that if 12 Rajya Sabha MPs apologise, then the government can review their suspension. The Opposition parties are demanding from the government to revoke the suspension of MP. They were suspended from the remainder of the Winter Session for their unruly behaviour in the Monsoon Session. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds meeting with top ministers including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Narendra Singh Tomar in Parliament to discuss strategy for the ongoing winter session

Leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has given adjournment motion notice on the issue of rising prices of essential commodities.

A meeting of opposition leaders is currently underway at the Parliament complex to chalk out future course of action and discuss the suspension of 12 Opposition MPs from Rajya Sabha on Monday. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also present. 

RJD MP Manoj Jha said that the real reason behind suspending the Rajya Sabha MPs is that numbers are not in their favour of government in the Upper House. He said that the suspension will allow the government to pass the bills in the Rajya Sabha without any objection. 

Mallikarjun Kharge said that opposition parties are meeting today to discuss future course of action. The question of offering an apology doesn't arise. MPs were suspended against rules of the House. "This action is like strangulating the voice of opposition," he said.

Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda gives suspension of business notice demanding a 'discussion on legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price and aid to farmers who lost their lives during protest'

TRS MP Dr K Keshava Rao gives adjournment motion notice in Rajya Sabha over 'discriminatory crop procurement policy of Central government and non-procurement of crops from Telengana'.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju will introduce the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021, in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

The floor leaders of the opposition will be meeting to devise a joint strategy and the government's move has given fodder to the opposition. One of the suspended MP Priyanka Chaturvedi of the Shiv Sena said, she was not even heard 'which is the course of natural justice'.

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha on the issue -'to direct the government to create a record of farmers who lost their lives during farm laws protest and give compensation to their families'.

The Congress has alleged that the government wants to pass the Bills and now has created a majority number after the suspension of MPs. "By suspending 12 MPs from the #RajyaSabha, BJP has now gone ahead of the majority number. Can easily pass listed bills through the upper house now. This move has no parallel in history of parliamentary democracy and is entirely undemocratic, unlawful, and unconstitutional!" Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi tweeted.

Twelve members of the Rajya Sabha were suspended for the remainder of the Winter Session that began on Monday after the House passed a motion moved by the government seeking their suspension under Rule 256 for their “unruly and violent behaviour” during the monsoon session. Opposition parties termed the suspension as “undemocratic”. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday hit out at the government for passing the Farm Laws Repeal Bill in both Houses of Parliament without discussion. "On the eve of the Parliament session, the Prime Minister offered to debate any issue. On the first day and on the first item of business, the farm bills were repealed without a debate," he tweeted. "The Agriculture Minister’s logic to deny a debate was baffling: he said 'when the Government and the Opposition agree there is no need for a debate'," he added.

Congress MP Manicka Tagore notice in Lok Sabha on rise in prices of essential commodities & cut on excise duty in Petrol, Diesel & LPG. 

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is scheduled to table the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020 in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. 

The floor leaders of opposition are meeting on Tuesday to discuss strategy after the suspension of 12 MPs in the Rajya Sabha. Sources said that if the suspension was not revoked, the opposition may decide to boycott the House.