Acts of Parliament live updates | The government is not bent on keeping suspended MPs out of the House: Pralhad Joshy

09/22/2020 Business, Health, India, Technology

Eight opposition MPs Rajya Sabha, who were suspended by the House on Monday, launched an indefinite sit-in inside Parliament, even as the 15 non-NDA parties asked President Ram Nath Kovind not to consent to the two agricultural bills. it happened in the Upper House on Sunday.

Opposition leaders will march to the President’s House on Tuesday.

Parliament, which was initially scheduled to end on October 1, will close on September 23 taking into account the growing number of COVID-19 cases.

Here are the latest updates:

10.20 hours | Rajya sabha

JDU MP Ram Chandra Prasad Singh says suspended MPs should not be pardoned because the intention behind their actions was wrong.

House leader Thaawarchand Gehlot says the president’s decision was appropriate.

The president says that the vice president wrote him a letter expressing his commitment to democracy and that he wants to observe a fast.

“This is a Gandhi way, this is JP’s way. We shouldn’t try to score political points,” says the president. “The images that appear on television are inappropriate for the Casa de los Ancianos,” he says.

“Despite everything, Harivansh ji made tea at home and brought it to the protesting MPs,” Naidus says.

The president calls on everyone to follow the House rules.

10.00 hours | Rajya sabha

Former HD Prime Minister Deve Gowda tells the president, the government and the opposition should sit together to help him lead the House. “We have not come here for tamasha,” he says.

Pralhad Joshy, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says many leaders have asked him to complete House proceedings quickly, due to the pandemic, in response to Azad’s comments that members do not have enough time to speak. He says, he told them that would depend on how long it took for the Bills discussion.

“The government is not determined to keep the suspended deputies out of the Chamber,” he says. “If they express regret, the government will investigate.”

9.50 hours | Rajya sabha

Many times in the past, bills were passed without division. It’s not healthy, but it’s happened before, says the president.

He says, the eight parliamentarians who have been suspended justified their conduct and confirmed what they did in an interview with the Indian express today.

“Don’t try to blame the president. The vice president handled the situation very skillfully.”

“It also hurts us. We are also human beings. Whatever is happening has an impact on our health,” Naidu says.

“I have asked the general secretary to contact the Lok Sabha secretariat to attend to the protesting parliamentarians,” says the president.

9.40 hours | Rajya sabha

The Opposition begins to make slogans in the Chamber.

Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party says the opposition has made a mistake. He apologizes on behalf of the suspended MPs and calls for his suspension to be lifted.

K. Keshava Rao from TRS quote The Hindu editorial “hitting us all. We feel bad.” We asked for the vote by division and it was not granted. “We were not given three minutes of division time,” he says.

Tiruchi Siva of DMK says basic democratic rights were denied, “we were denied division.”

The president says the president has been drawn into the matter. He says the bills have been passed in a bang and members have been suspended before. The rules clearly state that it should have been a no-confidence resolution and not a motion, he says, on the opposition’s motion against Vice President Harivansh.

9.30 am | Rajya sabha

Leader of the Opposition talks about the events of the last two days

Opposition leader Ghulam Nabi Azad says no one is happy with what has happened in the House over the past two days. “We fight for every minute in the House as if it were a fight on the border. If we go beyond the time constraints, things will be reduced by 90%,” says Azad.

He says: “The day before yesterday was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. The bills do not go to the permanent committee or the select committee. I do not approve of the fight: breaking the microphones, standing at the tables. It was the last straw.”

“There were 18 parties on one side and the NDA on one side. I don’t know if the government had the numbers or not,” he says, in Farm Bills.

Remember that Arun Jaitley, in 2016, said that the government becomes illegitimate if the division of votes is denied. Azad says the opposition leader’s stature has been degraded. “There would be no time constraints on the LoP. We could speak freely,” he says.

“The MSP announced yesterday should have been done earlier. Today, the government has published an ad that says ‘one nation, one market’. Do not go towards one nation, one party,” says the opposition leader. He also says that the government should present a new bill to make the MSP mandatory for private companies.

We will boycott the session until the government withdraws the decision, he says and the House explodes in slogans.

9.20 hours | Rajya sabha

The Special Mentions begin

In special mentions, Congresswoman Amee Yagnik raises the problem of lack of digital access in villages.

AIADMK MP A. Vijaykumar raises demand for resumption of a Tamil service at All India Radio’s Delhi office.

Leishemba Sanajaoba of BJP calls on the government to grant classical language status to Manipuri. Mr. Naidu asks him the correct pronunciation of his name.

9.15 hours | Rajya sabha

The president asks Jairam Ramesh to verify if the Opposition parliamentarians are seated at the required distance and following the COVID-19 protocol.

Mr. Naidu does a dig at the Treasury Bank. He says there are not many members on this side, so physical distancing is not a problem on this side.

Urge members of Congress to follow the distancing rules.

9.10 hours | Rajya sabha

President M. Venkaiah Naidu tells the members not to think that he is not paying attention to them, as he cannot look at the members while they speak because of pain in his neck.

Kumar Ketkar from Congress raises the issue of Gujarati fishermen in the custody of Pakistan. The president tells the foreign minister to take note of the matter.

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva raises the lack of representation of Tamils and other academics on the Ministry of Culture committee to study ancient India.

Mallikarjun Kharge from Congress says unemployment has risen and the government is not filling the 20 lakh of vacant positions in government, public sector, health, education, police. He says there should be an emergency recruitment.

9.00 am | Rajya sabha

Rajya Sabha procedures begin

Papers put on the table by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan on behalf of other ministers.

Report of the ST and SC welfare commission put on the table.

Zero Hour begins.

Samajwadi Party deputy Ravi Prakash Verma raises the issue of increasing cases of child abuse in closing while schools are closed. He says it takes child-centered planning.

BJP’s Ashok Bajpai raises an issue of ineffective seeds, insecticides and pesticides sold to farmers, demands that companies be penalized.

K. Vanlalvena from MNF raises issue of frequent earthquakes in Mizoram, asks the Ministry of Earth Sciences to send an investigation team to the State.

Rajya sabha

A video capture of the protest site where eight Rajya Sabha MPs suspended by the House on Monday are protesting on the morning of September 22, 2020. | Photo credit: special arrangement

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