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The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 4 pm on Monday after two Bills to introduce reservation for women in legislative assemblies of Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir were passed by voice vote in the House amid an uproar by the opposition over the Parliament security breach. The Government of Union
The Bills were passed by the Upper House amid continuous sloganeering by opposition parties, who have been demanding that Union Home Minister Amit Shah make a statement on the December 13 security breach in the House.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 4 pm after two Bills to introduce reservation for women in legislative assemblies of Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir were passed by voice vote in the House amid an uproar by the opposition over the security breach.
In both matters, the MPs themselves are the affected party, and they have dragged their feet for years on formulating the rules.
The government today announced that on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Parliament building on May 28, PM Narendra Modi would install ‘Sengol’ — a historical sceptre from Tamil Nadu which was given by the British to first PM Jawaharlal Nehru to represent the transfer of