The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till March 11 amid continuing uproar over Delhi violence and other issues. The Lok Sabha passed theMineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a motion suspending seven Congress Members for the remaining period of the Budget session for their “gross misconduct” after they snatched papers from the Speaker’s table and “utter disregard” for House rules.
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Here are the live updates:
Lok Sabha | 12: 45 pm
Rajendra Agrawal is in the Chair.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 is undertaken for consideration and passing. The Bill is passed amid sloganeering.
The House is adjourned till March 11.
Lok Sabha | 12: 00 pm
LS constitutes committee to probe incidents from March 2-5
The House reassembles. Dr. Kirit Premjibhai Solanki is in the Chair as Speaker.
The Opposition continues to protest.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Leader of Opposition in the House, says the Speaker is like the “Pope of the Vatican”, then asks for what reason seven members of the Congress were suspended. “There were many members of Opposition; on what basis were these seven MPs suspended?”
He refers to RLP