Monsoon session day 8: Congress MPs behaviour 'unparliamentary': Ananth Kumar

Meanwhile, the issue of suspension of six Congress MPs is likely to be raised in the Lok Sabha.

New Delhi, July 26: First week of Monsoon session of Parliament was full of slug-fest between a united opposition and ruling government and day eight is expected to be no less different.

Sources say, that CPM's popular leader Sitaram Yechury might not return to Rajya Sabha for his third term. The seventh day was marked with the swearing-in ceremony of President Ram Nath Kovind.

Meanwhile, the issue of suspension of six Congress MPs is likely to be raised in the Lok Sabha.

Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha urged "kind-hearted" Mahajan to revoke the suspension of six MPs. Mahajan, however, said she didn't want to comment on the issue immediately.

In Lok Sabha

Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar criticised the Congress party for creating an uproar in the Lok Sabha, calling their behaviour 'unparliamentary.' The monsoon session in the Lower House will resume on Thursday.

Lok Sabha is adjourned without taking the Bill for division.

The IIIT Bill is taken up for voting. Congress MPs protest. "You walked out when we had a discussion on agrarian crisis," says Ananth Kumar.

Prakash Javadekar replies to the debate on IIIT Bill. Congress MPs continue with sloganeering. The House will then take up the Bill for voting.

Rahul Shwale, Shiv Sena, while supporting the Bill in Lok Sabha urges the government to bring an IIIT in Maharashtra too.

Ladu Kishore Swain, BJD, Odisha, said that the 15 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) should be declared as institutions of national importance.

Lok Sabha considers The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

After Sushma Swaraj made a statement in LS over missing Indians in Iraq for about 10 minutes, Lok Sabha was adjourned till 02.15 PM

Lok Sabha adjourns till 12:45 pm as Opposition creates ruckus and do not allow Sushma to speak.

Sushma Swaraj speaks on issue of 39 Indians missing in Iraq in Lok Sabha.

Question Hour continues amid sloganeering. Questions on new industrial training centres.

After a four-storey residential building collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar, killing at least 17 people, MP Milind Deora urged MPs from Maharashtra to rise above party lines and raise the issue in Parliament.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi asked the minorities affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi whether the government planned to grant constitutional status to the minorities rights commission.

RJD leader moves adjournment motion on poor quality food served in trains.

Progress of renovation of 141 railway stations taken up in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha proceedings begin. Congress MPs want question hour to be suspended. They also request the Speaker to revoke suspension of MPs. The Speaker rejects their demands. Opposition MPs shout "Bandh Karo, Bandh Karo".

In Rajya Sabha

RS passes The Collection of Statistics Bill.Census is in the Union list. The rights of Kashmiris are not infringed through this Bill, he says. Union Minister Sadananda Gowda says the data collected from Jammu and Kashmir will be used for the development of the region.

We had sent a cabinet note regarding the Bill to the Kashmir government. But they haven't responded to it, says Gowda.

Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad requested the Parliamentary affairs ministry to keep the decision on The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017 pending. Since the amendment will include Jammu and Kashmir, he said that it is a sensitive issue. Azad asked the Parliament to address the sensitivity and assured that the Opposition would extend support in passing the bill in state.

Most ministers were of the opinion that the law could not be enacted without the approval of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. A common concern was that the bill would overiding Article 370 of the Constitution.

Rajya Sabha begins hearing on The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

Rajya Sabha adjourns till 2PM.

Chairman of Rajya Sabha has convened an all party meeting regarding Motor Vehicle Bill in Parliament at 3 pm today to resolve the deadlock over the bill.

Ten minutes into the proceedings, there is no sign of Question Hour in Rajya Sabha. Ansari adjourns the House for 10 minutes.

Rajya Sabha reconvenes. Ghulam Nabi Azad wants Jaitley's remarks be expunged from the proceedings. "We know the television is in favour of the ruling party," he says.

Rajya Sabha adjourns till 12:00 pm after Opposition creates ruckus.

Tiruchi Siva speaks in favour of Congress MPs. He objects Jaitley's television remarks. Jaitley refutes his allegation. Please do not provide an alibi for them, he says.

"Most of the issues raised are neither Point of Order nor Rule 267. The Rule 267 is grossly misused. We can't allow Zero Hour run just for television camera," says Arun Jaitley.

The finance minister slammed INC's Anand Sharma for "dragging" Mahatma Gandhi into the zero hour. He then urged the deputy chairman to expunge Sharma's speech for being irrelevant.

Rules and interpretation of rules cause commotion in Rajya Sabha. Certain MPs move Rule 267, suspension of day's business. Senior MPs move Point of Order. Everything is costing the time of Zero Hour, complain some MPs.

Zero Hour proceedings begin in Rajya Sabha. Naresh Agrawal raises point of Order. He urges the government to stop printing Rs. 2000 currency notes. Deputy Chairman rejects it saying it is the prerogative of RBI. Rajya Sabha pays respect to departed former MP Shabir Ahmed Salaria.

Today's agenda

As day eight of the Monsoon Session begins on Wednesday, Rajya Sabha will focus on the businesses which were listed for Tuesday and which remained incomplete, while the Lok Sabha will take up four bills for further consideration, which were introduced earlier during the Monsoon Session.

Following bills will be taken up for further consideration in the Lok Sabha: The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017, The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016, The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017, The Indian Institutes of Management Bill, 2017.

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley will once again move to pass the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Saugata Roy of the All India Trinamool Congress will move a statutory resolution to disapprove the ordinance that the bill seeks to replace.

In Rajya Sabha, four Bills also listed: Collection of Statistics (A) Bill,National Institutes of Technology, Science Edu and Research (A) Bill and Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-third Amendment) Bill, and National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill.

H1-B visa issue, delay in residential projects and women security are some of the issues that will be raised in the Question Hour.

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