Parliament Highlights: RS adjourned till 11 am on December 11Both Houses have been adjourned till 11 am on December 11. Following the discussion on the report submitted by the Ethics Committee, TMC's Mahua Moitra was expelled from Lok Sabha over the 'cash for query' matter. The Opposition staged a walkout in protest. The report was earlier listed in the agenda of the lower house for December 4 but was not tabled. Thank you for staying with DH as we brought you the major updates throughout the day. Good night.
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Rajya Sabha speaker Jagdeep Dhankhar conducts the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament.
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Report on 'Evaluation of Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)’ to be tabled today
Parliamentary Standing Committee reports on Transport, Tourism and Culture to be tabled in Rajya Sabha today
Fifth day of Winter Session | BJP MP Zara Keshri Devi Singh and Congress MP Rajani Ashokrao Patil are to present three hundred sixtieth, three hundred sixty-first, three hundred sixty-second and three hundred sixty-third reports (English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture in the Rajya Sabha today.
Fifth day of Winter Session | MP Ram Chander Jangra and Congress MP Jebi Mather Hisam to lay on the table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the twentieth report on action taken by the government on the recommendations and observations contained in the seventeenth report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs (2022-23) on ‘Evaluation of Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)’.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha, to discuss the air quality crisis in Delhi.
Ethics panel report on Moitra listed for tabling in LS today
TMC MP Mahua Moitra
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Congress MP Manish Tewari gives Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha and demands discussion on the death penalty to 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel in Qatar.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice to discuss the condition of Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu and seeking directions to the Central Government for immediate action to release a minimum of Rs 5100 crore to facilitate comprehensive and effective relief efforts.
Mahua Moitra in Parliament. Ethics Committee report recommending her expulsion to be tabled today. Says BJP has started the 'vastraharan' (disrobing), now Mahabharat's will start
Sudha Murthy arrives at the Parliament
Lok Sabha reconvenes amid 'Modi sarkar shame-shame chants'
Lok Sabha's Ethics Committee Chairman Vinod Sonkar tables panel's first report in house on Mahua Moitra.
Whatever has to happen will happen after 2pm, says Moitra after ethics committee report tabled in LS
Time of post-lunch session of Rajya Sabha changed to 2 pm from 2.30 pm: Dhankhar
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar Friday said the time of the post-lunch session of the House has been changed to 2 pm from 2.30 pm earlier in line with the Lok Sabha schedule.After the listed papers were tabled in the Rajya Sabha in the morning session, Tiruchi Siva of the DMK pointed out the change of time printed on the business schedule of the day and wanted to know the reason.
As discussion on Ethics Committee report on Mahua Moitra begins in Lok Sabha, Om Birla says that the Parliament has a code of conduct and the entire country looks up to the House. He adds that people have elected the leaders so they can sit in the House and convey the demands of the people
Om Birla says that there should be any compromise in the conduct of the House and we need to protect the rules and regulations of the house
Om Birla talks on the Report of Ethics Committee and says that the rules of the House is above all
I hope that when we talk about the Ethics Committee Report, you all maintain decorum of the House
Adhir Ranjan says that the report came out at 12 and the discussion on it started at 2. There are 106 pages in the report. How can someone go through the report with intricacy in just this much time?
INC's Manish Tewari says that this is the first time that I am standing to talk about something without properly going through it
Heaven wouldn't have fallen had we been given a few days to go through he Ethics Committee report, says Tewari
The Ethics Committee can at best make a recommendation, it is this house that can decide whether someone is guilty or not: Manish Tewari
Om Birla slams Manish Tewari, says this is the Parliament and not the court
Tewari responds to Birla, says that this is the court today because we are going to decide the fate of one of our colleagues
TMC MP Mahua Moitra should be given opportunity to express her views on LS Ethics Committee report: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Article 105 of the Constitution gives powers, privilege and immunity to members of parliament. This articles gives complete immunity to the member for what they say in the House. If their conduct is not questionable in the House then why in this August House?: Manish Tewari
These proceedings should not have been held as per Article 105 of the Constitution: Manish Tewari
Heena Gavit says that this is not the first time an incident like this has happened, there have been 13 parliamentarians who have been suspended earlier.
I was able to read the report in two hours, I don't understand how such intellects in the House could not: BJP's Heena Gavit
It is written in the rules of the House that no parliamentarian can share their ID and password. In one day only Moitra account was logged in from 4 places around the world: Heena Gavit
This is not a question of Oppn and govt. It is about the image of the House, says BJP's Heena Gavit
We take an oath to maintain the decorum of the House and we represent the citizens of India and not specific businessmen
Nobody is above the law of the land says Heena Gavit
Allegations have been placed against Mahua Moitra so if Moitra is not allowed to speak the integrity of the House will be hurt: TMC leader
Pralhad Joshi says that there is no question of Moitra speaking, Somnath Chatterjee had clarified in the past that the MP who is facing the charges gets enough chance to speak in at the Committee but not in the House
Om Birla junks TMC's plea to allow Moitra to defend herself in the House in cash-for-query case
Fair trial is only possible if an affected person is heard, says Kalyan Banerjee
Mahua Moitra's right as protected by the Constitution of India has been violated by the Ethics Committee: Kalyan Banerjee
Hiranandani has not been examined at all, I am praying before you, kindly render justice to me: Kalyan Banerjee
How much cash has been taken? Where is the proof? With great to the Speaker and the members, this House does not have power to remove someone as member: Kalyan Banerjee
You have the power to suspend but no power of removal by the House to expel and remove Mahua Moitra. There is no such rule: Kalyan Banerjee
This House does would work to deliver justice, it only discusses on the report of the committee: Om Birla
You can't ask the House to deliver justice, you all are lawyers, but I am also your Speaker: Om Birla
Giridhari Yadav says that justice is not visible as Om Birla reiterates that it is not in my hands to deliver justice, it is the job of the MPs
We don't know how to work on the computer, how can I learn technology at this age? All the questions that I send is sent by my PA but this time I did not because I was so scared: Giridhari Yadav
Birla reprimands Yadav and says that one must always ask their own questions or they will face an enquiry
Aparajita Sarangi says that we are talking about ethics at this point and being an MP is a huge responsibility and when one fails, they will face the repercussions
MP Mahua Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha
Opposition stages walkout after Lok Sabha adopts motion to expel Mahua Moitra as TMC MP
Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day after House expels TMC MP Mahua Moitra for 'unethical conduct'
I am 49 years old, I will fight you for the next 30 years inside Parliament, outside Parliament, says TMC leader Mahua Moitra after LS expelled her from the House, adopting Ethics Committee recommendation in 'cash-for-query' matter
This House accepts the conclusions of the Committee that MP Mahua Moitra's conduct was immoral and indecent as an MP. So, it is not appropriate for her to continue as an MP, says Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
In essence, I have been found guilty of breaching code of ethics that does not exist: Mahua Moitra after her expulsion from Lok Sabha
Ethics panel punishing me for practice that is routine, accepted and encouraged in Lok Sabha: Mahua Moitra after expulsion from House
Ethics panel findings solely based on written testimonies of 2 persons whose versions contradict each other in material terms, says Mahua Moitra
The ethics panel's report broke every rule in book; it's a weapon to force us into submission, says Mahua Moitra after expulsion from House
One of 2 complainants is my estranged partner with mala fide intention who masqueraded as common citizen before ethics panel: Mahua Moitra
No evidence of cash or gift, ethics panel decided to hang me without getting to the root of issue, says Mahua Moitra after expulsion from Lok Sabha
MPs are like conveyor belts to bring questions from general public to Parliament: Mahua Moitra
The 17th Lok Sabha has indeed been historic. It is a House which saw the passage of the Women's Reservation Rescheduling Bill but it has presided over the most tenacious witch-hunt of one of 78 women MPs, says TMC leader Mahua Moitra after expulsion from LS
This Lok Sabha has also seen the weaponisation of a Parliamentary committee. Ironically, the Ethics Committee, which was set up to serve as a moral compass for members; instead it has been abused today to do what it was never meant to do, she said.