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Rahul Gandhi asking why the Congress leader did not open the debate and said the treasury benches were 'very enthusiastically' waiting for his speech. Soon after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla called on Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi to begin the debate on the motion at noon, Joshi raised his objection and said that the government received a letter at 11.55 am that Gandhi would be speaking in place of Lok Sabha MP from Kalibor Gaurav Gogoi.

Narendra Modi's 'secret talks' with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in the latter's office, Union Home Minister Amit Shah got angry and lashed out at him. "Batana Chahiye," said Amit Shah and requesting this is a serious allegation against PM Modi. Earlier, during the discussion on the 'No-confidence motion' in the Lok Sabha, Gogoi raised an issue regarding the secret talk between speaker Birla and PM Modi, to which Union Home Minister and other ministers raised objections.

bete ko set karna hai aur Damad ko bhent karna hai (To see her son settled and to present her son-in-law) Dubey said during the debate, "This No Confidence Motion has been brought. Why has this been brought? Sonia ji (Gandhi) is sitting here...I think she has to do two things - Bete ko set karna hai aur Damad ko bhent karna hai...That is the base of this Motion." Meanwhile, taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi on the Savarkar issue , Dubey said, “The Congress leader says ‘I am not Savarkar’, but the things is you can never be Savakar…" Speaking on Supreme Court restoring Gandhi's MP status, he adds, “The Supreme Court has not given a judgement. It has given a stay order..

alliance plagued by mutual distrust’ He reiterated his call for corruption, and dynastic and appeasement politics to quit India. He described the opposition alliance as 'ghamandia' (marked by arrogance) and congratulated the party's Rajya Sabha members for the "semi-final" win in voting on the Delhi services bill. Modi, sources said, noted that some opposition members had described the voting in Rajya Sabha as a semi-final before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as he exuded confidence about the BJP's prospects in the national elections.

BJP's Parliamentary Party meeting ahead of the no-confidence debate scheduled in the Lower House of Parliament today. BJP national president and party MP JP Nadda were among those who attended the meeting. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Mansukh Mandaviya including other ministers arrived for the meeting. The Narendra Modi-led NDA Government will face a no-confidence motion in Parliament. The no-confidence motion was moved by the opposition parties of I.N.D.I.A bloc and accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

no-confidence motion will begin in the Lok Sabha from August 8. According to sources, a time of 12 hours has been fixed for the discussion. «In this, a time of about 6 hours and 41 minutes has been fixed for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and about one hour and 15 minutes for the Congress party.

Parliament session: After the Supreme Court has stayed Rahul Gandhi's conviction, it is expected that the Congress leader will return to the Parliament today. On Friday, the top court, in an interim order stayed Gandhi's conviction in the criminal defamation case of the use of the 'Modi' surname. The Congress leader made the alleged remark at a campaign event in Karnataka ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Mohammed Faizal whose reinstatement had taken over a month until he moved the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on August 4 put a stay on Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the ‘Modi surname’ case. In 2019 during an election rally in Kolar of Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi remarked: “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?" – a comment Rahul Gandhi has persistently refused to apologise for.

Editors Guild of India on Sunday voiced deep concerns about certain «draconian powers» in the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill that grant government powers to have more intrusive and arbitrary checks into the functioning of newspapers and magazines. In a statement here, the Guild demanded that the Press and Registration of Periodicals (PRP) Bill, which seeks to replace the Press and Registration of Books Act-1867, be referred to a Parliamentary Select Committee.

Congress leader Surendra Rajput on Saturday said that Rahul Gandhi will take part in the no-confidence motion against the Modi government following the Supreme Court decision to stay his conviction in the 'Modi surname' defamation case. «The Bharatiya Janata Party should return Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership to him. Rahul Gandhi will take part in the 'no-confidence' motion against the Modi government's 'anti-people's policies», said Congress leader Rajput.

Rahul Gandhi or his representative will have to show the Lok Sabha Secretariat a copy of the Supreme Court order staying his conviction to set the ball rolling for revocation of his disqualification as a lawmaker. Former Lok Sabha Secretary General P D T Achari said that once the secretariat gets the order, it would initiate the process to issue a notification revoking his disqualification. After being convicted and sentenced to two years in jail by a Gujarat court in a defamation case, Gandhi was disqualified as a Lok Sabha member on March 23. He represented Wayanad (Kerala) in the Lower House of Parliament. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed his conviction in the 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark. A three-judge bench of Justices B R Gavai, P S Narasimha and Sanjay Kumar said no reason was given by the trial court judge while convicting Gandhi except that he was admonished by the apex court in a contempt case.

Lok Sabha on Thursday suspended newly-elected AAP member Sushil Kumar Rinku for the remaining part of the Monsoon session for unruly behaviour in the House. As the Lok Sabha passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, Rinku came to the well of the house, tore some papers and threw them in the direction of Speaker Om Birla. After the Bill was passed, Birla objected to Rinku's conduct in the House and asked Parliametary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi to move a resolution for the AAP member's suspension.

Manipur, the government has reached out to Opposition with a truce plan to end logjam in Parliament.Piyush Goyal and Pralhad Joshi are meeting opposition leaders in Mallikarjun Kharge's chamber. The Opposition have been demanding a full fledged discussion on the Manipur issue in Rajya Sabha. On Wednesday, the Lok Sabha had brief sessions.

MPs who had recently visited Manipur apprised her of the situation in the state and shared what they saw in the affected areas. "We also submitted a memorandum to the President and how incidents of violence were continuing, especially atrocities against women and parading them naked," Kharge, who was flanked by the opposition leaders, told reporters outside Rashtrapati Bhawan Meanwhile, opposition parties on Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, requesting an advanced schedule for the no-confidence debate so that they can participate in the debate and put forward their opinion about how the situation needs to be dealt with.

Manish Tewari on Thursday asked how the Digital Data Protection Bill can be classified as a financial bill, and said it should be considered as a regular bill. The bill should again go to a Joint Parliamentary Committee, he said. The bill aims to make entities like internet companies, mobile apps, and business houses more accountable and answerable about collection, storage and processing of the data of citizens as part of Right to Privacy.

Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Wednesday as opposition members continued with their protests on the Manipur issue even as Speaker Om Birla, upset at the repeated disruptions in the House, skipped the proceedings. As the House assembled for the post-lunch session, the opposition members trooped into the well of the House and raised slogans demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the situation in Manipur, which has been roiled by months-long ethnic violence.BJP member Kirit Solanki, who was in the Chair, appealed to the opposition members to maintain decorum as he asked ministers to lay parliamentary papers on the table of the House.

no-confidence motion against the BJP-led government is likely to take place on August 8 and 9 in the Lok Sabha and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to give a reply on August 10, sources said. The no-confidence motion moved by opposition parties belonging to I.N.D.I.A was accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla last week.

Lok Sabha is all set to take up the discussion on no-confidence motion from August 8 to 10 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to reply to the opposition-sponsored move on the last day. The decision was taken at the Lok Sabha's business advisory committee meeting which was boycotted by the opposition bloc INDIA and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, as they demanded that the House should immediately take up the motion and protested the government pushing through its legislative agenda. The government has insisted that there are no rules or precedence which make it mandatory for the House to take up the no-confidence motion immediately.

Manipur violence at 2 pm in the House today. He reaffirms that the Centre is ready to discuss the situation of the violence-hit northeast state. “We want discussions on Manipur to take place in Parliament today at 2 pm.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said every serious issue should be discussed, but there should be no disruption in state assemblies and Parliament as people have a lot of expectations from these «temples of democracy». Birla's remarks came against the backdrop of ongoing impasse in Parliament over Manipur violence.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the new building of the Assam Legislative Assembly on Sunday. The Assembly was earlier functioning from an old tea warehouse, which was converted for the sittings when Dispur became the capital of Assam in 1972.