Monsoon session in Parliament: According to a Lok Sabha bulletin, the Trafficking of Persons (Protection, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2022, will be introduced for consideration and passing in the Parliament.
Issues, such as the recently issued list of unparliamentary words, may also come up for discussion in the meeting.
The new bulletin, which has been issued by Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 18, said the kind cooperation of members is solicited.
"Parliament is being undermined...The Opposition will not take it lying down, TMC will not take it lying down. We will hit back hard because we have to save democracy," said TMC MP Derek O'Brien on the "unparliamentary" words row.
Parliament Expunged Words: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said, "nothing as such selective expunging of words used by only Opposition... no words banned, have removed words that were objected to previously..."
The list of expressions also includes any aspersions made against the Chair in both the houses in either English or Hindi, which shall be considered as unparliamentary and are expunged from the records of Parliament.
National Emblem Controversy: The Opposition has accused the government of distorting the national emblem seeking an immediate change. Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Trinamool Congress' Mahua Moitra, and others have reacted.
Rahul Gandhi will skip a crucial Congress party meeting for preparations for the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and internal elections of the Congress.
The concept sketch and process of casting of the national emblem on the roof of the new Parliament building has gone through eight different stages of preparation from clay modelling and computer graphics to bronze casting and polishing.
The counting of votes started after an eight-hour delay amid complaints of cross-voting and rules violations by the BJP and the ruling alliance. Both BJP and the Shiv Sena approached the Election Commission, alleging cross-voting and seeking disqualification of votes.
With the motion, Opposition sought to demonstrate how nationwide calls for President Rajapaksa’s resignation is reflected in the country’s legislature, said report.
The post of Deputy Speaker of Parliament was left vacant after Ranjith Siyamabalapitiya stepped down from the post.
Although there was neither any acceptance or denial from the Ganguly family on this count till this report was filed, statements by state party president, Sukanta Majumdar and BJP's national vice president, Dilip Ghosh on Monday sparked the speculation further.
Conservative Party MP Neil Parish resigned, triggering a by-election in the Tory safe seat of Tiverton and Honiton in south-west England, after admitting he watched adult material twice in Parliament.
The vote, which has been granted for Thursday, is expected to coincide with Johnson’s two-day India visit as he is scheduled for events in Ahmedabad on that day.
Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons “it did not occur to me” that the gathering was a party.
The video clip is from April 5 when a short-duration discussion was held in the Lower House on 'Situation in Ukraine'.
The Upper House spent 37.50% of the functional time on debates, 23 per cent on Bills, while passing 11 of them, besides the introduction of one, an official statement from the Rajya Sabha stated.
In a series of tweets, Modi said, "Over the last few days, the Parliament has witnessed a healthy discussion on the situation in Ukraine and India's efforts to bring back our citizens through Operation Ganga. I am grateful to all MP colleagues who enriched this discussion with their views."
According to the bill, passed by Lok Sabha last week, the unification of the municipal corporations will ensure synergised and strategic planning and optimal utilisation of resources.
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