Parliament Winter Session 2023 LIVE: Rajya Sabha to discuss economic situation of India

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Parliament Winter Session 2023 LIVE

Winter Session should be used to discuss key topics, say TMC leaders

TMC leaders emphasised at Monday's opposition gathering that the Winter Session should be used to discuss key topics. They urged that numerous concerns be addressed and that the session not be squandered by protesting on a single one.

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Parliament Winter Session 2023 LIVE

Bill aimed at regulating legal profession, curbing touts passed by Parliament

A Bill which aims at regulating the legal profession by a single Act and seeks to target "touts" was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday with Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal saying there should be no role of such persons in the country's courts.

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Parliament Winter Session 2023 LIVE

Discuss Moitra's expulsion report before taking any decision: Oppn members to LS Speaker Birla

Opposition members on Monday demanded a discussion in Lok Sabha on the Ethics Committee report recommending the expulsion of TMC member Mahua Moitra before any decision on the matter.

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Parliament Winter Session 2023 LIVE

BJP unlikely to get Rajya Sabha majority by next year

The ruling party may not be able to strengthen its position in the Rajya Sabha and secure a majority by the following year, despite the BJP's triumph in the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh.

Sixty-nine Rajya Sabha seats are up for grabs next year, with 56 of them falling vacant in April ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

There are 239 members of the Upper House of Parliament. With 94 seats, the BJP is now the single largest party, followed by the Congress (30 seats) and Trinamool Congress (13 seats).

While the BJP is likely to retain 30 seats, which will fall vacant in April next year, the Congress will retain its seats and get an additional two from Telangana, which it wrested from the BRS in assembly polls held along with that of the other three states.

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Parliament Winter Session 2023 LIVE

Rajya Sabha to discuss economic situation of India

The members of the Upper House are likely to hold discussions on the prevailing economic situation of the country as the Parliament reconvenes for Day 2 of the ongoing Winter Session on Tuesday.

Rajya Sabha MPs Ayodhya Rami Reddy, Birendra Prasad Baishya, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Lakshmikant Bajpayee, Sushil Kumar Modi, Aditya Prasad and Shambhu Sharan Patel are to initiate a discussion on the 'economic situation in the country' in the Upper House on Tuesday, according to sources.

The members of the Upper House are likely to hold discussions on the prevailing economic situation of the country as the Parliament reconvenes for Day 2 of the ongoing Winter Session on Tuesday.

Rajya Sabha MPs Ayodhya Rami Reddy, Birendra Prasad Baishya, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Lakshmikant Bajpayee, Sushil Kumar Modi, Aditya Prasad and Shambhu Sharan Patel are to initiate a discussion on the ‘economic situation in the country’ in the Upper House on Tuesday, according to sources.

Earlier, on Monday, the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament saw two Bills being passed, with the Rajya Sabha also deciding to discontinue the suspension of AAP MP Raghav Chadha.

The Standing Committee reports on ‘The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023’, ‘The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’, and ‘The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023’ were tabled in the two Houses.

The reports were submitted to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on November 10 by Brij Lal, MP and Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.

The three bills are on the agenda of the government for passage in the winter session of Parliament.

The report of the Ethics Committee, which looked into cash-for-query allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, was not tabled in the Lok Sabha, though it was on the listed agenda.

Rajya Sabha passed the Bill to repeal the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 and to consolidate and amend the law relating to the post offices in India.

The opposition members raised questions over some provisions of the bill and asked if the government wanted to create a “surveillance state.”

The government rejected the apprehensions of the members. Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan said provisions have been made for reasons of national security and there were similar provisions in the previous version of the Post Office Bill too.

The winter session will continue until December 22.

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