Parliament Special Session Live: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal confirmed on Thursday that the Lok Sabha will take up the discussion on success of Chandrayaan-3 and Advocates Amendment Bill for the third day of Special Parliament session.On Wednesday, the Lok Sabha passed a bill with overwhelming support, granting one-third of its seats to women in both the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. This decision came after an eight-hour debate involving 60 members, resulting in 454 members voting in favor of the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, with only two members opposing it. Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present during the voting, marking it as the first bill passed in the new Parliament building.The debate was spirited, with former Congress president Sonia Gandhi advocating for the inclusion of Other Backward Classes (OBC) women in the proposed law. She emphasized that any delay in implementing this reservation would constitute a grave injustice to women.Intervening in
Parliament Special Session News Live: The new Parliament building has been designated as the Parliament House of India, a Lok Sabha Secretariat notification said. "The Speaker, Lok Sabha is pleased to notify the new building of Parliament situated in the precincts of the Parliament House on Plot Number 118, New Delhi, east of the existing Parliament House with Raisina road to the south and Red Cross road to the north, to be, hereon, designated as the Parliament House of India," said the notification issued on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led parliamentarians across party lines in bidding farewell to the old Parliament building on Monday.Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead a function in the Central Hall of Parliament to celebrate the country s rich parliamentary legacy and resolve to make India a developed nation by 2047.The nearly one-and-a-half hour function will start and end with the nationa
Parliament Special Session Live Updates, September 18: Among the agenda listed so far is a special discussion on Parliament’s journey of 75 years starting from the “Samvidhan Sabha” (Constituent Assembly).