Lok Sabha was adjourned till Monday after repeated disruptions by Opposition members who demanded repeal of three farm laws. After the House reconvened at 2.30 pm, BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav started speaking on the Demand for Grants for the Ministry of Railways. However, there was sloganeering by opposition members who demanded repeal of three farm laws. Meenakshi Lekhi, who was in the Chair, adjourned the House for the day. The Lok Sabha will meet on March 15. Thursday is a holiday on the account of Mahashivratri. It is a norm that if any holiday falls on Thursday, then Friday is also declared a non-working day since it is precedes the weekend. This is to enable parliamentarians to visit their constituencies.
Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted for the third day in a row on Wednesday as the Congress and other opposition parties created an uproar demanding a discussion on three new farm laws of the Centre. The proceedings were first adjourned till 12 noon and then again till 2 pm after the opposition members trooped into the Well of the House raising slogans. Repeated pleas by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and then by Deputy Chairman Harivansh to restore order went unheeded as the opposition members continued to create a ruckus in the House. Amid the din, the House passed through voice vote the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The bill amends the arbitration law that would ensure all stakeholders get a chance to seek an unconditional stay on enforcement of arbitral awards where an agreement is induced by fraud or corruption .
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A farmer chained himself during their ongoing protest against farm laws, at Ghazipur border in Delhi on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: To mark completion of four months of their agitation against the three Central farm laws, the protesting farmers on Wednesday gave a call for Bharat bandh on March 26. The farmers will observe “Mandi bachao, kheti bachao’ on March 19.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said he would visit West Bengal, which is going to polls, later this week and appeal to the farmers to defeat the BJP.
Here are the key developments of the day:
1. Farmer unions called for a Bharat bandh on March 26, when their protest at Delhi s borders against the Centre s three new farm laws completes four months. Farmer leader Buta Singh Burjgill said farmers along with trade unions will protest the hike in fuel prices and privatisation of railways on March 15. We will observe a complete Bharat bandh on March 26, when our protest against the three farm laws com