Both Houses of Parliament to commence usual functioning from Tuesday - The second part of the Budget session of Parliament commenced from Monday with all COVID-19 precautionary measures in place.
Both Houses of Parliament to commence at 11 am from Tuesday ANI | Updated: Mar 08, 2021 14:41 IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Both Houses of the Parliament will commence their sitting from 11 am on Tuesday.
The decision to revise the timing of both Houses was announced on Monday. Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were operating under curtailed hours of timing and social distancing norms amid COVID-19 induced norms.
Member of Parliament, Vandana Chavan, in the Rajya Sabha Chair, informed members today that the sitting of the Upper House to commence from 11 am to 6 pm from tomorrow. On the request from many members from various parties, the Chairman has decided that from Tuesday, the sitting of Rajya Sabha will commence from 11 am will 6 pm as usual timings of the House. Members will sit in Rajya Sabha and gallery, she said.
Rajya Sabha Adjourned for the Day As Opposition Demand Discussion Over Fuel Prices
The house was adjourned without transacting any legislative business after uproar over the chair denying the oppositionâs demand for a discussion on rising fuel prices.
Opposition leaders stage a protest over rise in fuel prices in Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, March 8, 2021.
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New Delhi:Â The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day without transacting any legislative business amid an uproar by opposition members who were demanding a discussion on the rising fuel prices.
The house was first adjourned for about an hour till 11 am and then again till 1 pm as opposition parties created an uproar over their demand to hold a discussion on the steep rise in the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders. The chair, however, did not concede to their demands.
Congress Lok Sabha member Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that the party MPs from Punjab have decided to bring private members Bills in Parliament to seek the repeal of three new central farm laws opposed by the farmers.Tewari, who represents .