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Latest Updates: “During Gujarat elections, I could see that everywhere Congress used Sardar Patel’s name. I was actually happy that we got to see the day when the Congress party actually valued him, Modi said as BJP members chuckled. But after the elections, in none of the programs, you mentioned or used Patel’s or Dr. Ambedkar’s name. When you accuse us for something, when you point one finger at us, remember that four fingers are pointing at you too,” Modi said. He also asked the Opposition why it took them so long to honour Patel and Ambedkar with a Bharat Ratna. [caption id=“attachment_4339749” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Twitter/@BJP4India[/caption] Reacting to the President’s address, Congress leader Anand Sharma said that the address was the most dry speech by a president since Independence. “Devoid of prose or comment on concrete achievements, the President’s address was only making new promises,” Sharma said. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has reacted to the speech made by Prime Minister Narendra Moid. She said: “PM said nothing new, he is repeating old things, people are interested about their jobs , they want to know about their future.” Rahul Gandhi said country asking PM questions on Rafale deal, farmers and jobs, he needs to answer them in Parl and not make allegations instead. Rahul called the prime minister’s speech as “political.” Reacting to Modi’s speech, Union minister Babul Supriyo said, “The two hours speech was historic.The data he had was a black and white data to show what the Congress has done. It is appalling that the Congress continued to shout and create ruckus in the Parliament. This happened when the prime minister was giving a vote of thanks to the president’s speech.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi has completed his speech in the Lok Sabha, where he took potshots at the Congress party, while enumerating the achievements of his government. A combative Prime Minister Narendra Modi has blamed the Congress for “forcing” Partition on India and decades later in Telangana, saying future generations are bearing the brunt of the “political decision”. The prime minister is delivering his reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address in the lower house, even as TDP and Congress MPs continue to raise slogans against him and the BJP. Modi is also scheduled to speak in the Rajya Sabha later. Modi also raked up a 1982 incident when then Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi allegedly insulted Dalit Andhra CM Tantuguri Anjaiah in front of supporters. The PM said that if Sardar Patel were leading India in 1947, “Kashmir wouldn’t be divided today”. Amid din by Opposition, Modi says if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was India’s leader in 1947, the country would have never been divided. Opposition has been continuously raising slogans in Lok Sabha. Modi is replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the president’s address in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, BJP sources said on Tuesday. As TDP and Congress MPs protest and raise slogans for a special package for Andhra Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it was the Grand Old Party’s decision to divide the state into Telangana and Andhra which led to chaos. Going back in history, Modi also attacks the Congress over the Partition of India, saying the country is still suffering because of it. The discussion started on Monday and the motion is likely to be adopted by the House, where the ruling NDA has a big majority, on Wednesday, following the prime minister’s reply. The BJP has issued a whip asking its members to be present in the House on Wednesday and the day after. The government may introduce some important bill on Thursday, sources said. In his reply, Modi is expected to respond to the opposition attack on his government over a host of issues, including alleged tardy employment generation, the state of economy, agriculture and foreign affairs, among others, and will list its achievements. BJP members in their speech have hailed the government for its work in curbing black money, strengthening economy and boosting agriculture, claims refuted by opposition lawmakers in their address. The debate on the motion of thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget Session began on Tuesday. It was initiated by the BJP’s chief whip Rakesh Singh. With inputs from PTI
Parliament updates: Narendra Modi tears into Congress in RS; ‘Enough of long talks, speak on Rafale,’ Rahul Gandhi quips in
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the president’s address in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, BJP sources said on Tuesday.
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Odisha MP AV Swamy falls down in Parliament, taken to hospital
MPs create ruckus in Lok Sabha over Rafale deal
Even as Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan attempted to continue with legislative business for the day, Congress MPs could be heard shouting slogans over the Rafale deal. demanding answers from Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha resume session amid loud protests
Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan continued with legislative business even as TDP MPs gathered around the Well with placards in hand demanding a special package for Andhra Pradesh. Protests can also be heard in the Rajya Sabha.
‘I don’t want these scenes to be viewed by entire country’; Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm
Rajya Sabha chair M Venkaiah Naidu says: “I don’t want these scenes to be viewed by the entire country. I can’t do anything if this becomes competitive politics.”
In protest TMC leader Derek O’Brien said that the Opposition wants to discuss the Budget and should be given the opportunity to do so.
‘Rahul Gandhi’s style of politics is undemocratic’
Hitting out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the Rafale deal, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said : “Amit Shah ji said Rahul ji’s style of politics is undemocratic. Hence, such kind of disruption during Prime Minister Modi’s speech.” BJP president reportedly said this during the BJP Parliamentary meet that took place on Friday morning.
YSR Congress MPs protest outside Parliament
Rahul Gandhi gives notice in Lok Sabha over Rafale deal
TDP MPs protest inside Parliament complex over special package for Andhra Pradesh
Congress MP moves privilege notice against Kiren Rijiju over his Facebook post
Jaitley says govt sympathetic to issues of Andhra people
Jaitley says the government is extremely sympathetic to issues of the people of Andhra Pradesh amid ruckus in the House.
Ruckus begins in Parliament
Ruckus begins in the Parliament as Sumitra Mahajan requests members to let Jaitley finish. Jaitley says,“They must learn to listen if they have questions.”
We have been able to stabilise GST, says Jaitley
Within a matter of months, we have been able to stabilise GST; we reduced rate with increase in revenue.
How can same tax slab be implemented on a luxurious item & a necessity, asks Jaitley
In every Budget, I tried to give middle-class relief
India’s growth was 7.1 % before demonetisation and now the GDP fallen. This is also the impact of GST. On Budget, Jaitley says in every Budget he has tried to give relief to the middle class.
You prepared incomplete draft Aadhaar law; BJP improvised it to make it usable: Jaitley to Congress
Arun Jaitley, responding to the discussion on the Union Budget, said “You (Congress) have been talking about Aadhaar but all you could achieve was formulate how such an ID would be created. You were not able to pass a law, you had no vision whatsoever to use it in the way we have, Your draft law was silent on privacy, whereas we have a full chapter on citizens’ privacy and the iron balls around Aadhaar,” Jaitley argued.
Jaitley cites unprecedented ‘structural reforms’ to defend Budget 2018
‘Data speaks for itself,’ Arun Jaitley’s response to Chidambaram’s 12 questions on economy
“The narratives which we had inherited & the narrative which we have now is entirely different. Nobody at that time mentioned that India is the fastest growing economy. It has only happened now. Data speaks for itself,” Jaitley said.
BJP defends Budget 2018 behind shield of Congress era scams
BJP MP Ganesh Singh defended the budget and said the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi should reply to the issues raised by the prime minister on Wednesday. “You are asking about the Rafale deal but who will reply on Bofors and the submarine scam. “There have been many misdeeds during the Congress rule and the prime minister is trying to taking the country on the path of the development. People of the country are looking towards the prime minister,” Singh said.
His party colleague Abhishek Singh asked the Congress to refrain from insulting those selling pakoras or else they will be reduced to just five seats in Lok Sabha.
In Rajya Sabha, BJP’s Bhupender Yadav raised the Aircel-Maxis scam to counter Chidambaram’s questions on the economy.
Budget did not address key issues like farmers plight: TMC’s Dinesh Trivedi
TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday criticised the Union Budget calling it a “jumla” (rhetoric) and alleged that several issues like the plight of farmers, better health services and education are yet to be addressed. Disapproving of remarks by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his predecessors Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi in the Lok Sabha while replying to the debate on presidential address on Wednesday, Trivedi said there could be a difference of opinion but there should not be biases.
Chaos in Rajya Sabha as debate on Union budget rages on
On one hand, TDP MPs stormed the Well in Rajya Sabha seeking special package for Andhra Pradesh, on the other hand, BJP members continued there sloganeering against the Congress party seeking their apology.
‘Look in the mirror before complaining about us,’ Bhupender Yadav tells Chidambaram
Yadav said that the former finance minister was heard complaining about the fiscal deficits in the BJP’s regime. Quoting a poetic verse, Yadav said that Chidambaram should look in the mirror and pay some attention to the fiscal deficit figures of his government before complaining about ours.
BJP’s Bhupender Yadav rakes up Aircel-Maxis case in response to Chidambaram’s 12 questions on economy
Quoting a report published in The Pioneer , Yadav said that Chidamabaram should have answered the allegations against him instead of questioning the government. He said that the Congress was an opportunist party which feasted on Hindu and Muslim vote bank when it suited its political goals.
P Chidambaram poses 12 questions to Modi govt on state of economy
‘Where have all the jobs gone?,’ P Chidambaram answers
Mocking the government’s economic policies, Chidambaram said that we are the only country that claims that the jobs have gone down but the GDP has gone up.
“Where have all the jobs gone? what is this mystery? I will tell you,” Chidambaram said as he read out a data about a slew of vacancies across government departments.
Will Keep Laughing, No GST On it: Renuka Chowdhury on PM Modi’s ‘Ramayana Jibe’
Hitting out at the PM outside Parliament, Chowdhury said, “My party is with me. I will continue to laugh as there is no GST on laughter.”
On Tuesday, during the reply, Modi had questioned the Congress’s claim of being the originator of the biometric national ID Aadhaar when he said that the then home minister LK Advani had in 1998 spoken about an all-purpose national ID in Rajya Sabha. This led to Chowdhury bursting into loud laughter.
Read the full report hereBJP MPs drown out Chidambara’s voice but proceedings continue amid chaos
Chidambaram started speaking, using the economic growth metric’s used in the prime minister’s speech as a takeoff point, his voice barely audible on television over slogans of “Pradhan mantri ka apman nahi sahega Hindustan” and “Congress Valo Maafi mango Maafi mango.”
Meanwhile, from whatever we could make out of the former finance minister’s speech, he asked 12 questions related to the state of the economy as he claimed that the real GDP of the country, in various sectors, has not changed since 2014. The real GDP values are adjusted for inflation, while the nominal GDP figures are not.
Opposition, Treasury benches spar in Upper House; BJP members create ruckus during Chidambaram’s speech
The ruckus in Rajya Sabha continued even after the House was reconvened. The BJP leaders were seen protesting and raising slogans in the time allotted to P Chidambaram to speak.
At this, the Chair requested the MPs to restore order to the House. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar stood up and said that the members’ are agitated and will continue to register there grievances, but this should not deter the former finance minister and Congress member from speaking. He said that after all the prime minister’s speech was disrupted all through on Wednesday.
‘Parliamentary Affairs Minister is leading the disruption of Rajya Sabha’: Congress
Congress MP Anand Sharma said, “It is unprecendented in the history of Parliament that the Parliamentary Affairs Minister is leading the disruption of the Rajya Sabha. He is not the right person to tell us we are not supporting democracy. We cannot be bullied.”