Rajya Sabha Farm Bills

The bill to repeal three farm laws is likely to be taken up in Rajya Sabha on Monday itself after it is passed by Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter Session, sources said on Sunday.

Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted on Wednesday as Opposition parties kept up their protests over Pegasus snooping row, farm laws and price rise.

Rajya Sabha MP Sonal Mansingh has accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of "blatant contempt" of the Upper House during his speech in Delhi Assembly on the contentious farm bills and has filed a breach of privilege notice against him.

The voice of farmers "is crushed in Parliament and outside", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today, sharpening his attack of the government over the passing the contentious farm bills last week amid unpresented chaos in the Rajya Sabha.

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh has denied media reports that rules were violated during voting on the farm bills on September 20. In a note to the media, Mr Singh said he would like to "put the facts straight" and enclosed minute-by minute details of events and video footage of relevant portions -- during motions by CPM's KK Ragesh and...

I know life may be hectic. Zoom classes off campus. Rushing to office. IPL evenings or whatever else. That's why some of you may not have tracked in detail what happened in parliament over the last 10 days. Yet another deadly blow by the BJP to our democracy. Let me tell you what happened in parliament on Sunday, September 20. Only the facts. And t...

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien, who was suspended from Rajya Sabha last week over "unruly behaviour" as the parliament cleared the contentious farm bills, this evening backed Akali Dal's decision to quit the NDA. The Shiromani Akali Dal, the oldest ally of the BJP, on Saturday said it was quitting the ruling party's National Democratic Allianc...

The government and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh have justified passing the farm bills on September 20 through a voice vote saying opposition members were not in their seats when they asked for physical voting. But Rajya Sabha footage accessed by NDTV shows otherwise.

One of the eight Rajya Sabha members suspended over unprecedented chaos during a vote on two farm bills has launched a scathing attack on Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, accusing him of trying to "appease Prime Minister Narendra Modi" by "red-carpeting" what he called anti-farmer legislation. In an open letter, CPI-M member KK Ragesh has a...

Fifteen bills made it past the Rajya Sabha over the last two days as the opposition boycotted the proceedings in both houses over the suspension of its eight members for Sunday's ruckus. Seven of the bills were passed on Tuesday, eight Wednesday. Three of the Bills passed were the hugely contentious labour laws that have been opposed by the most la...

Three of the four labour code bills, that comprise the government's flagship labour reforms, were passed by the Rajya Sabha today as opposition protests raged outside parliament. The opposition, which boycotted both houses since yesterday, had written to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, asking that the contentious bills not be passed "unilatera...

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today met with President Ram Nath Kovind even as the opposition parties continued their protest against the controversial farm bills, which have cleared the parliament. The meeting between Mr Azad, who is also the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, and the President comes a day after the opposition parties boycott...

Parliament today approved a bill to make it mandatory for office bearers of NGOs to provide their Aadhaar numbers at the time of registration and also bring various other changes.

Amid fierce protests over the controversial farm bills, the monsoon session of parliament may conclude today, eight days ahead of schedule as the opposition boycotted proceedings in both houses. The monsoon session started earlier on September 14, five months after parliament was adjourned over the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The BS Yediyurappa-led state government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, allegations of corruption and suspension of Rajya Sabha MPs over protests against contentious farm sector bills are likely to dominate the remaining monsoon session of the Karnataka state assembly, the duration of which has been shortened by two days and will now end th...

The bill to repeal three farm laws is likely to be taken up in Rajya Sabha on Monday itself after it is passed by Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter Session, sources said on Sunday.

Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted on Wednesday as Opposition parties kept up their protests over Pegasus snooping row, farm laws and price rise.

Rajya Sabha MP Sonal Mansingh has accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of "blatant contempt" of the Upper House during his speech in Delhi Assembly on the contentious farm bills and has filed a breach of privilege notice against him.

The voice of farmers "is crushed in Parliament and outside", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today, sharpening his attack of the government over the passing the contentious farm bills last week amid unpresented chaos in the Rajya Sabha.

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh has denied media reports that rules were violated during voting on the farm bills on September 20. In a note to the media, Mr Singh said he would like to "put the facts straight" and enclosed minute-by minute details of events and video footage of relevant portions -- during motions by CPM's KK Ragesh and...

I know life may be hectic. Zoom classes off campus. Rushing to office. IPL evenings or whatever else. That's why some of you may not have tracked in detail what happened in parliament over the last 10 days. Yet another deadly blow by the BJP to our democracy. Let me tell you what happened in parliament on Sunday, September 20. Only the facts. And t...

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien, who was suspended from Rajya Sabha last week over "unruly behaviour" as the parliament cleared the contentious farm bills, this evening backed Akali Dal's decision to quit the NDA. The Shiromani Akali Dal, the oldest ally of the BJP, on Saturday said it was quitting the ruling party's National Democratic Allianc...

The government and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh have justified passing the farm bills on September 20 through a voice vote saying opposition members were not in their seats when they asked for physical voting. But Rajya Sabha footage accessed by NDTV shows otherwise.

One of the eight Rajya Sabha members suspended over unprecedented chaos during a vote on two farm bills has launched a scathing attack on Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, accusing him of trying to "appease Prime Minister Narendra Modi" by "red-carpeting" what he called anti-farmer legislation. In an open letter, CPI-M member KK Ragesh has a...

Fifteen bills made it past the Rajya Sabha over the last two days as the opposition boycotted the proceedings in both houses over the suspension of its eight members for Sunday's ruckus. Seven of the bills were passed on Tuesday, eight Wednesday. Three of the Bills passed were the hugely contentious labour laws that have been opposed by the most la...

Three of the four labour code bills, that comprise the government's flagship labour reforms, were passed by the Rajya Sabha today as opposition protests raged outside parliament. The opposition, which boycotted both houses since yesterday, had written to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, asking that the contentious bills not be passed "unilatera...

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today met with President Ram Nath Kovind even as the opposition parties continued their protest against the controversial farm bills, which have cleared the parliament. The meeting between Mr Azad, who is also the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, and the President comes a day after the opposition parties boycott...

Parliament today approved a bill to make it mandatory for office bearers of NGOs to provide their Aadhaar numbers at the time of registration and also bring various other changes.

Amid fierce protests over the controversial farm bills, the monsoon session of parliament may conclude today, eight days ahead of schedule as the opposition boycotted proceedings in both houses. The monsoon session started earlier on September 14, five months after parliament was adjourned over the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The BS Yediyurappa-led state government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, allegations of corruption and suspension of Rajya Sabha MPs over protests against contentious farm sector bills are likely to dominate the remaining monsoon session of the Karnataka state assembly, the duration of which has been shortened by two days and will now end th...