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Parliament Monsoon Session updates | It’s wash out again on the third day

Here are all the updates from the third day of the Parliament’s Monsoon Session

The Hindu · Jul 20, 2022

Speaker Om Birla names Rahul Shewale as Shiv Sena leader in Lok Sabha

At least 12 Lok Sabha members of the Shiv Sena had written to the Speaker, urging him to appoint Rahul Shewale as their leader in the Lower House

The Hindu · Jul 19, 2022

Parliament disrupted on Day 2 over price rise and GST on new items

Rahul Gandhi, in a Facebook post, calls Modi government ‘extortionist’

The Hindu · Jul 19, 2022

Ban on dharnas in Parliament precinct sets off a controversy

Opposition members call it yet another attempt to bulldoze dissent; Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says these circulars are routinely issued 

The Hindu · Jul 15, 2022

Political uproar over new list of unparliamentary words

Responding to criticism, Lok Sabha Speaker says no word is banned and list is only a compilation of expunged words

The Hindu · Jul 14, 2022

No words banned, but members should maintain decorum, says Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Birla said people unaware of parliamentary practices were making all kinds of comments and asserted that legislatures were independent of government.

The Hindu · Jul 14, 2022

Ahead of monsoon session of Parliament, government calls all-party meeting on July 17

The government has called an all-party meeting on July 17, while the presiding officers of the two Houses will also meet the floor leaders of various parties

The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022

After Assembly, Shiv Sena legislative party in Lok Sabha to split too

14 out of the 19 of the Shiv Sena’s Lok Sabha MPs are likely to ask Speaker Om Birla for recognition as a separate group

The Hindu · Jul 10, 2022

Facebook whistleblower: Lok Sabha speaker says 'no rule' to let a foreigner depose

India has "no rule to give permission to foreign nationals" to appear before a parliamentary committee, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla said in an interview to UNI.

Newslaundry · Jun 20, 2022

MPs should avoid making statements that hurt religious feelings: Om Birla

Om Birla completes three years in the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2022