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Parliament’s Monsoon Session, Day 2 updates | Second day washed out over GST hike, price rise

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 p.m. and later for the day on the second day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament amidst protests by Opposition members over imposition of GST on some new items and on price rise issue.

Members of the Congress, Left, and AAP in Rajya Sabha insisted on a discussion on the issues, forcing adjournment of proceedings. Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu rejected notices given by Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and other leaders under rule 267 that calls for setting aside the business of the day to take up the issues listed by them.

While the Lok Sabha was scheduled to discuss the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, proceedings were adjourned amid sloganeering. In the Rajya Sabha, the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 for was tabled by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar , after which the Upper House was also adjourned for the day.

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