BJP moves breach of privilege motion against Mahua Moitra for remarks on former CJI
Rajasthan BJP MP PP Chowdhary, who was a former minister of state for law, has moved the privilege motion against the TMC MP and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has sought the cancellation of Mahua Moitra’s Lok Sabha membership.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) initiated a breach of privilege motion against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on February 10, for her recent speech in Parliament on former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi.
Mahua Moitra had said in Lok Sabha: “The sacred cow that was the judiciary is no longer sacred. It stopped being sacred day a sitting CJI was accused of sexual harassment, presided over own trial, cleared himself and accepted a nomination to Upper House within three months of retirement replete with Z+ security cover.”
Centre moves privilege motion, seeks removal of Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra for remarks over ex-CJI
Centre moves privilege motion, seeks removal of Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra for remarks over ex-CJI The sacred cow that was the judiciary is no longer sacred, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra had said in Lok Sabha referring to a former CJI.
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File photo of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra (Photo Credits: PTI)
The BJP on Wednesday initiated a privilege motion against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra over her remarks in the Lok Sabha concerning a former Chief Justice of India. While the TMC MP s remarks were expunged from the record, the BJP is now seeking her dismissal from the Parliament.
First part of Union Budget Session 2021 to end on February 13: Sources
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Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu also made a fervent appeal to the leaders of various parties at an all-party meeting to ensure smooth and effective functioning of the House during the Budget Session.
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New Delhi: The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament will end on February 13 instead of February 15 as the Rajya Sabha, on Sunday, decided to change its sitting, sources said. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu also made a fervent appeal to the leaders of various parties at an all-party meeting to ensure smooth and effective functioning of the House during the Budget Session.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu
The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament will end on February 13 instead of February 15 as the Rajya Sabha, on Sunday, decided to change its sitting, sources said.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu also made a fervent appeal to the leaders of various parties at an all-party meeting to ensure smooth and effective functioning of the House during the Budget Session.
Leaders of various parties attending the meeting assured that there would be full participation in all the debates and discussions in the House, the sources add.
It was also decided that the Rajya Sabha would sit on February 13 instead of the scheduled sitting on February 15, as the last of the first part of the Budget Session, the sources said after the meeting.
Session from January 29 to February 15.
Again from March 8 to April 8.
New Delhi: The Modi government has called an all-party meeting on January 30 to hold discussions ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget in Parliament on February 1.
The Centre has invited leaders of all political parties in both the Houses to the proposed meeting slated to begin at 11.30 am through videoconference. Sources said the National Democratic Alliance parties too will meet on the same day.
Parliament s Budget session will be held in two phseses amid all precautions against coronavirus from January 29 to February 15, and from March 8 to April 8.
The all-party meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP s Rajya Sabha leader Thawarchand Gehlot, Deputy Leader Piyush Goyal, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, Arjun Ram Meghwal and V Muralitharan.