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Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am after ruckus over demand for discussion on fuel price hike ANI | Updated: Mar 08, 2021 10:33 IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 11 am on Monday following sloganeering by Congress MPs demanding a discussion over the rise in fuel prices. Petrol and diesel prices are nearly Rs 100 per litre and Rs 80 per litre respectively. Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices have also gone up. Rs 21 lakh crores have been collected by putting excise duty/cess, because of this entire country including farmers are suffering, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said.
Second part of Parliament s Budget Session to commence today
The Rajya Sabha would function from 9 am to 2 pm while the Lok Sabha would function between 4 pm to 9 pm.
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Updated: Mar 8, 2021, 07:06 AM IST
After a brief interval, the Lok Sabha is all set to resume the Budget Session of Parliament from Monday with the united Opposition prepared with a strategy to create pandemonium in the House.
The Opposition will be raising various issues targeting the Centre, especially on farm laws and LPG price hike.
Part two of the session is taking place at a time when political parties have their focus on elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry. The elections would take place in March-April.
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Updated: Monday, March 8, 2021, 14:03 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 08: The month-long second part of the Budget session of Parliament began on Monday in the middle of a high octane campaign for assembly elections in four states and one UT.
On chair, Venakiah Naidu welcomed members of Parliament as the sessions begins. I appeal to all the members to be present in the House, to observe the debates and enrich your knowledge, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said. Newest First Oldest First
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Lok Sabha to function as per usual timings of the House existing before the COVID19 situation from tomorrow
Parliament Budget Session May Conclude Before 1st Phase Of Assembly Polls Parliament Budget Session May Conclude Before 1st Phase Of Assembly Polls Several parties had requested that the session, which was originally scheduled to continue till April 8, be curtailed due to the five assembly elections being held in eight phases till April 29.
There was no Winter Session of Parliament due to the pandemic.
New Delhi:
The budget session of Parliament is likely to be cut short and may conclude before the first phase of elections on March 27, while the two Houses will resume their normal timing of 11 am onwards from Tuesday.
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Second part of Parliament s Budget session from today
The second part of the Budget session of Parliament is set to begin from Monday but its duration is likely to be curtailed as most top politicians would be busy campaigning for assembly polls taking place in March-April. As of now, the session will conclude on April 8. Sources said parties across the board support curtailing the session in view of polls in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. However, an official decision is yet to be taken.
The main focus of the government in the second part of the session is to get various demands of grants for the financial year 2021-22 passed along with the Finance Bill which carries various tax proposals. Besides these mandatory agendas, the government has listed various bills for passage in the session.