Budget Session of Parliament begins live updates here; price rise likely to generate heat

Budget Session of Parliament begins live updates here; price rise likely to generate heat

The 42-day-long Budget Session of Parliament begins from Monday and will have 28 sittings. During this period, Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government's first Railway and General Budgets on July 8 and July 10 respectively.  The Economic Survey will be released on July 9. The session will end on August 14. 

Here are the live updates -

• With pandemonium continuing, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourns Lok Sabha till 2pm after Opposition creates ruckus over rejection of notices of adjournment motions on price rise, rail fare hike.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad initiates discussion. Proceedings in both Houses of Parliament begin.  BSP chief Mayawati attacks BJP government, says instead of 'acche din', 'mehenge din' have come. “We want a discussion on it in Rajya Sabha,” says Mayawati.

• Congress workers stage protest outside Parliament and at Jantar Mantar over price rise.
• JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav slams Narendra Modi government in Rajya Sabha over price rise, rail fare hike.
• Proceedings in the Lok Sabha resume, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav speaks in the Rajya Sabha on price rise.
• Trinamool Congress (TMC) opposes hike in rail fare. Its MP in Rajya Sabha Derek O Brian says the hike in rail fares will directly affect the common man.
• UPA govt had given employment opportunities to millions but the Modi govt has given uncontrolled prices and spiraling inflation to the countrymen, says Azad.
• Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Aazad takes on Modi government in Rajya Sabha, says inflation has risen to unprecedented level. What was the need to hike Rail fare, asks Azad.
• Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourns Lok Sabha till noon after chaos over price rise, rail fare hike, meanwhile proceedings continue in Rajya Sabha.
• Opposition MPs shout slogans against government in Lok Sabha over rising prices.
• Huge uproar in Lok Sabha as proceedings begin.
• NDA government ready to discuss any issue raised by Opposition, assures Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu after Congress raises concerns over rising inflation. 

“All parties will be included in the standing committees, chairmanship will be according to rules,” says Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu.

• The Speaker will go by the rulebook. Once elected, the Speaker is above party politics, says Parliamentary Affairs Minister.
• Naidu terms as "unfortunate" Congress leader Kamal Nath's remarks against Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on issue of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha.
• Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari,Venkaiah Naidu, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj meet PM Narendra Modi in Parliament.
• We are very clear that Parliament should have a meaningful discussion, says Naidu.
• No one raised the issue of Leader Of Opposition (LoP) in the all party meet, says Venkaiah Naidu.
• All party meet ends.
• Inflation, prices of essential commodities will be an issue during the Budget Session, we will also raise incidents of communal violence and the demand for granting special status to Bihar, says Ali Anwar of JD(U).
• “We will raise the issue of inflation through an adjournment motion in Parliament today,” Mallikarjun Kharge of Congress was quoted as saying by ANI.
• Congress to move adjournment motion over inflation in Lok Sabha, say reports.
• PM Narendra Modi arrives for the all party meet.
• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and NCP chief Sharad Pawar arrive for the all party meet.
• All party meet called Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu begins.

source:zeenews..

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