Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE Updates: LS Adjourned Till July 26 Amid Sloganeering; TMC MP Santanu Sen Suspended from RS
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Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE Updates: Amid sloganeering in the Lower House of the parliament, the speaker adjourned the session till 11 am, July 26. “Pegasus is classified as weapon by Israel which is supposed to be used on terrorist. This government has used it everywhere. It is treason and HM Amit Shah should resign,” said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Congress issued a notice to the Lok Sabha seeking discussion on the surveillance operation using the Pegasus spyware. Under Rule 256 of Rajya Sabha, V Muraleedharan, MoS Parliamentary Affairs Minister will move a motion today seeking suspension of TMC’s Shantanu Sen from the remaining part of the budget session. BJP will also move a privilege motion against Sen which will be sent to the privilege committee.
This comes after Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP snatched papers from Communications and Information Technology Minister Vaishnaw in Rajya Sabha on Thursday and tore those as the minister was about to make a statement on the alleged snooping row using Israeli spyware Pegasus.
BJP president J P Nadda slammed TMC members for snatching papers, saying their conduct was against democratic values and condemnable. “TMC has a long history of working against the dignity of Parliament. Making noise, tearing papers are their culture. The BJP strongly opposes this,” he tweeted.
The Congress extended its support on Thursday to the farmers protesting against three agriculture laws of the Centre and its MPs staged a protest inside the Parliament complex demanding that the contentious legislation be withdrawn.
Parliament also witnessed protests against the agri laws, the Congress extended its support on Thursday to the farmers and its MPs staged a protest inside the Parliament complex demanding that the contentious legislation be withdrawn. Congress MPs from both houses gathered outside Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in the Parliament complex and raised slogans against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Carrying placards and hoardings, they also raised slogans in support of the farmers and their demands.
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