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Dec 19, 2024 10:13 AM IST
Parliament Winter Session LIVE: Session is entering its penultimate day on Thursday with the government set to formally move motion for the JPC on the ‘One Nation, One Election’ plan. The proceedings are amid the row over HM Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. BR Ambedkar, with Congress adamant on apology.
Proceedings of the Lok Sabha are underway during the Winter Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Parliament Winter Session LIVE: The session is set to end on Friday and some big business remains. The government is likely to move a formal motion for constituting a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the bills laying down the mechanism for simultaneous polls in the country. Big names from both the treasury benches and the opposition will join the panel which is expected to give its report in the last week of the next year’s budget session. All this while, the row over Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. BR Ambedkar is expected to continue with the Congress launching a countrywide agitation.…Read More
Key points
- JPC on ‘One Nation, One Election’ bills to be formally constituted today with the government set to introduce motion in that regard.
- Bigwigs like BJPs Anurag Thakur and Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi will be a part of the committee. Ten members of Rajya Sabha will also join the deliberations.
- The committee is expected to give its report in the final week of the 2025 Budget Session.
- Row over HM Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. BR Ambedkar continues as more reactions pour in. Dr. Ambedkar’s grandson and VBA Chief Prakash Ambedkar has said that Shah’s remarks show the ‘same old mentality’ of the BJP.
- Congress is launching a nationwide protest against Shah, demanding his resignation and apology. Party Chief Mallikarjun Kharge asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack the Home Minister by midnight ‘if he respected Dr. Ambedkar.
The final two days of the session are expected to be dominated by two issues, the ‘One Nation, One Election’ plan and the Amit Shah Ambedkar remarks row.
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Parliament Winter Session LIVE: BJP protests against Congress alleging ‘insult’ to Ambedkar
BJP MPs staged a protest in front of the parliament building alleging insult to BR Ambedkar amid Amit Shah remarks row.
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Parliament Winter session live: RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav says Amit Shah ‘has gone mad’ amid BR Ambedkar row
Amid a controversy over Union Home Minister’s remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar, Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said on Thursday that Amit Shah has gone mad and he should renounce politics and leave.
“Amit Shah has gone mad. He must have hatred for Babasaheb Ambedkar. We condemn this madness of his. Babasaheb Ambedkar is great. He should renounce politics and leave,” Lalu Yadav said, according to ANI.
Parliament Winter session live: Anurag Thakur , Priyanka Gandhi, P P Chaudhary among Lok Sabha MPs on parliament panel on simultaneous polls
Former Union ministers Anurag Thakur and P P Chaudhary from the BJP, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress are set to be among the 21 Lok Sabha members, who will be part of the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise two bills on simultaneous elections.
Parshottambhai Rupala, Bhartruhari Mahtab, Anil Baluni, C M Ramesh, Bansuri Swaraj, Vishnu Dayal Ram and Sambit Patra are among the BJP’s Lok Sabha members to be part of the panel.
Manish Tewari and Sukhdeo Bhagat of the Congress, Shrikant Shinde of the Shiv Sena, Dharmendra Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, Kalyan Banerjee of the TMC, T M Selvaganapathi of the DMK, G M Harish Balayogi of the TDP, Supriya Sule of the NCP (Sharad Pawar), Chandan Chauhan of the RLD and Balashowry Vallabhaneni of the Jana Sena Party are other Lok Sabha members, according to PTI.
Parliament Winter session live: BR Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar takes aim at Amit Shah on remarks, says it shows ‘same old mentality’
Dr BR Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on the father of the Constitution reflected the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘same old mentality’. Read here what the Vanchit Bahujan Agadi leader said.
Parliament Winter Session Live: Congress’s countrywide protest today seeking Amit Shah’s resignation over BR Ambedkar row
The Congress has planned a countrywide protest on Thursday seeking Union home minister Amit Shah’s resignation amid a row related to his remarks on BR Ambedkar, which he made on Tuesday in Rajya Sabha. More details here.
Parliament winter session live: Home Minister Amit Shah launches a counterattack on remarks row, accuses Congress of being ‘anti-BR Ambedkar’
HM Amit Shah held a press conference and accused Congress of being “anti-BR Ambedkar and anti-Constitution”.
Shah responded to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s call for his resignation, saying it won’t make a difference to the Congress party’s fate. Shah claimed that the Congress party will remain in the opposition for the next 15 years, regardless of his resignation. More details here
Parliament Winter session live: Congress moves adjournment notice over Amit Shah’s alleged insult to BR Ambedkar
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday submitted an Adjournment Motion notice in the Lok Sabha, demanding an urgent discussion on remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his Constitution Day speech in the Rajya Sabha, and called for both an apology and resignation from him, PTI reported.
Parliament winter session live: Govt to move motion over JPC on One Nation One Election bills today
The Union government will formally move a motion in the Lok Sabha on Thursday to constitute a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on two bills that aim to usher in simultaneous national and state elections, and propose the names of 21 lawmakers of the Lower House as members. More details here.
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