Parliament Winter session Day 4: Amit Shah to move J-K Reservation, Reorganisation bill in RS. What to expect today
ANI, the discussion on the "Economic Situation in the country", raised by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Dec 5, will continue in the Rajya Sabha today Additionally, BJP MPs Anil Jain and Neeraj Shekhar are to present the 249th and 250th reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs in the Rajya Sabha. BJP MP Chhedi Paswan to lay the Statements of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2023-24).
Women TMC MPs on Thursday are also set to stage a protest at the Parliament complex against Union Minister Giriraj Singh's "misogynistic" comments targeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, sources in the party said as reported by PTI. TMC MP Mahua Moitra on X shared a clip of an interview purportedly given by Singh to a TV channel in which the BJP leader referred to Banerjee and said, "Jashn mana rahi hai, thumke laga rahi hai, yeh uchit nahi hai (she is celebrating and dancing, this is inappropriate)." Several leaders of the TMC slammed the rural development minister for his comments on the chief minister attending the Kolkata International Film Festival.
"The not so honourable minister of rural development Mr. Giriraj Singh has just made some shocking comments about the only lady chief minister in India, Mamata Banerjee," Moitra said in a post on X.
On Wednesday, the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 were passed in the Lok Sabha. While speaking at a debate on the bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah called Article 370 the root cause of terrorism.
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