Parliament Highlights: House adjourned for the day amidst ruckus caused by Abhijit Gangopadhyay's remarks

Inter-Parliamentary Union President Ackson meets Lok Sabha Speaker Birla

A delegation led by Tulia Ackson, the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla here on Tuesday.

The visiting delegation was also present in the special box in the Lok Sabha when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget.

During the meeting with Ackson, Birla said that the session was one of the most critical sessions of India's Parliament, where the government's financial proposals are meticulously reviewed, debated, and approved by the House.

Birla also apprised the visiting dignitaries that the new Parliament building presented a microcosm of India, encapsulating the arts, crafts, culture, music and history of the country.

He also proposed establishment of Zonal Training Centres for Parliamentary Studies, Training, and Capacity Building to support democratic institutions globally on the lines of Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) of the Lok Sabha.

Later, Ackson also called on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

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I..N.D.I.A. to protest in Parliament over 'discrimination' against Oppn-ruled states in budget

I.N.D.I.A. parties on Tuesday decided that they will protest in Parliament and outside over "discrimination" against the opposition-ruled states in the Union Budget.

The decision was taken at a meeting of floor leaders of INDIA bloc parties at the 10 Rajaji Marg residence of Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge this evening.

Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress' deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari, Congress' deputy leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi, NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, TMC leaders Derek O'Brien and Kalyan Banerjee, DMK's T R Baalu, JMM's Mahua Maji, AAP's Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh, and CPI(M)'s John Brittas, among others, attended the meeting.

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Will PM be present today in LS, asks Manickam Tagore

Kumari Selja, Shashi Tharoor and Praniti Shinde: Congress' first three Speakers in Budget discussion

AAP's Sanjay Singh gives notice to Rajya Sabha regarding mistreatment of the elderly in the country

Demonstration by I.N.D.I.A. MPs outside in front of Parliament at 10:30 am, protest to be carried on within the House also: K Suresh of Congress

I.N.D.I.A. MPs begin protest in Parliament

Here's what Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge said regarding the Budget

Rajya Sabha proceedings begin; Dhankhar welcomes Inter-Parliamentary Union member to the House

RS Chairman allots 20 hours for discussion of Budget

Four hours allotted for Jammu and Kashmir budget

'Sabke thali khali', only two states got 'pakoras', says Kharge in Rajya Sabha

I come from Karnataka; we had thought we would get huge allocations: Kharge in RS

If there is no balance, how will there be development, asks Mallikarjun Kharge in Budget

Ruckus in Rajya Sabha as Sitharaman gets up to reply to Kharge

Gave floor to LoP thinking rules will be followed. I find it has been used as a strategy: Dhankhar

Democracy will be threatened if disruptions are used as political strategy, Dhankhar says.

Disruption has reduced itself to a farcical exercise, he further said.

Only if a state was not named in Budget doesn't mean it was ignored: Sitharaman

Dept-wise allocations mention how money will be used throughout the country, Oppn led by Congress is trying to mislead people.

Amid FM's response, Oppn MPs begin protests.

Schemes launched by PM Modi were not allowed to be implemented in Bengal: Nirmala Sitharaman

Zero has been given to Bengal to deal with land erosion during monsoons, says TMC MP Mausam Noor

Deputy Chair Shri Harivash takes over House proceedings in RS

Here is what Mallikarjun Kharge said in the RS regarding Budget 2024-25

Ashwini Vaishnaw replies to MPs' queries and requests regarding railways in Lok Sabha

Govt of Kerala has not been cooperative in railway projects, request MPs to ask govt to help in land acquisition for projects: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Here's how Raghav Chadha reacted to the Budget in the Parliament complex

Rahul Gandhi holds meeting with 20 Congress MPs who will be speaking on budget

LoP Gandhi asks Cong MPs to highlight Modi govt is weak and Budget is discriminatory, sources say

Farmer leaders not being allowed in Parliament despite prior permission: Rahul Gandhi

Rajya Sabha adjourned, to reconvene at 2 pm, Question Hour continues in Lok Sabha.

12 farmer leaders meet LoP Rahul Gandhi

Kumari Selja thanks BJP for implementing measures outlayed in Congress' LS poll manifesto

There will be no justice for farmers till legal guarantee of MSP is granted, says Kumari Selja

Inflation moving towards 4 per cent target for the last four years, when will it reach the target, asks Chidambaram in Lok Sabha

Tax relief given to only two to three crore people, what about the rest?: Chidambaram

"Half of the country below median figure of income, what is the relief given to them?", the Congress MP also asked

Five demands to copy from Cong manifesto: Chidambaram

1) Demand min wage of Rs 400 per day

2) legally guaranteed MSP

3) write-off educational loans upto March 2024

4) abolishment of Agniveer

5) NEET be scrapped

Modi has worked on social welfare by removing triple talakh, like Raja Rammohan Roy did with sati-daha pratha: Biplab Deb in Lok Sabha

It is a budget without any vision, made to bribe two people and buy time before the government implodes: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee in Lok Sabha

The PM has achieved a world class collection of abbreviations: Abhishek Banerjee

Sab ka saath, sab ka vikas become jo hamare saath, hum unke saath: Abhishek Banerjee

BJP doesn't have a single Muslim MP/MLA in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha or any state assembly, says Abhishek Banerjee

Modiji ki teesri baar, yuvak abhi bhi berozgar: Abhishek Banerjee

Its not co-incidental that the 3 states that have enterprises where women own more than 3 out of 10 establishments, are not governed by BJP: Abhishek Banerjee

BJP and women empowerment simply don't align: Abhishek Banerjee

If we aren't allowed to speak about those not in this house, then why did they speak about Mamata Banerjee? I ask the speaker to ask them to apologise: Abhishek Banerjee

Modiji ki teesri baar, geerbo ke upar lagatar atyachar: Abhishek Banerjee

I challenge the FM to release the white paper that shows how much money has been given to Bengal after BJP's humiliating defeat in the state: Abhishek Banerjee

BJP should have had 80 women MP's under the 1/3rd reservation scheme, but they have just 31: Abhishek Banerjee

99 per cent of black money is back in circulation: Abhishek Banerjee

PM Modi guaranteed homes to everyone, but while the people remain homeless, they go and buy aircrafts with the same money: Abhishek Banerjee

Too many rail accidents nowadays, but no mention of railway safety measures in budget: Abhishek Banerjee

BJP's guarantee's come with zero warranty: Abhishek Banerjee

Modiji's ecentricity has turned the govt into a circus: Abhishek Banerjee

They are saying that I'm reading from a paper, but the PM himself reads from a teleprompter: Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee's acronym for BUDGET: B for Betrayal, U for Unemployment, D for Deprived, G for Guarantee with zero warranty, E for Eccentric, T for Tragedy

When a bridge collapsed in Bengal, PM said its not an act of God, but an act of fraud. Every incident that has occurred under his rule, was it an act of God or act of fraud: Abhishek Banerjee

No mention of burning Manipur in Budget: Abhishek Banerjee

This budget has more fiction than finance: Abhishek Banerjee

Prime Minister is on borrowed time: Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee's speech was for West Bengal assembly, not Indian government: Kishan Reddy

The PM is not working for those who voted for him, but the party's who supported him: DMK's Dayanidhi Maran in LS

FM came during floods in Tamil Nadu, said she will help, not a single penny has reached us yet: Dayanidhi Maran

Union government has copied many schemes from CM MK Stalin's scheme: Dayanidhi Maran

This is the 1st government that hasn't conducted a census in the country since independence: Dayanidhi Maran

How can you plan a budget if you do not know how many people to plan for?: Dayanidhi Maran

The GDP should have doubled very 10 years, it did under Manmohan Singh, but hasn't under Modi: Dayanidhi Maran

BJP penalises Tamil Nadu because we didn't elect them: Dayanidhi Maran

PM Modi bowed to the old parliament building in 2014 when he got into power, it is gone now; we pray that since he bowed to the constitution, the constitution isn't destroyed: Dayanidhi Maran

Congress has attacked every Bihari in the country by opposing the help given to the state and walking out: BJP's Deepak Prakash in Rajya Sabha

In 2006, UPA was handed a great government by Vajpayee, but by 2014, they handed over a horrible system to Modi: Deepak Prakash

Inequality not addressed in this budget, nor in the past 10 budgets: TMC's Sagrika Ghose in Rajya Sabha

Its taken 10 years for this govt to wake up to the reality of unemployment: Sagrika Ghose

We have an oligarchy in the country: Sagrika Ghose

The burdens of the ordinary people has only increased with this budget: Sagrika Ghose

India has become the second largest country with zero vaccinated children: Sagrika Ghose

We were wanting a budget for the people, we have got a budget for the privileged: Sagrika Ghose

The government is denying that there is a price rise: Supriya Sule in LS

How are you going to implement women reservation bills without a census, asks Supriya Sule

If the finance minister doesn't attend the GST council meet, then the state is not heard; what do we do then, asks Supriya Sule

If you're getting people out of poverty, how are they still feeding 80 crore people since 10 years: Supriya Sule

The budget was BJP's chance to prove to people of India that they have actually listened to them, says Shashi Tharoor

This was the government's chance to prove to the citizens of India after the colossal setback the BJP suffered in the recently concluded general elections that the prime minister and the finance minister have actually listened to the concerns of the people.

Once again they have let the people of India down, says Shashi Tharoor.

NEP recommends 6% of the budget to education department, but the Modi govt can't meet its own recommendation: Tharoor

Its good that BJP has become receptive to our policies after they lost the mandate: Tharoor

The real worry is that the real estate industry will be encouraged to use more black money and cash transactions: Tharoor

This budget is a do nothing, claim to do everything budget: Tharoor

Although women's contribution in the workforce is on the rise, there is a major lack of basic sanitation facilities for them: Kanimojhi NVM Somu

The budget is a powerful signal of the government's priorities and policy directions: BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab

I request the govt to take care of the stray animal crisis under the Swachh Bharat scheme and reduce man-animal incidents in the country: Ashok Kumar Mittal, AAP in RS

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day

According to some, the country was given independence in 2014: Praniti Shinde in LS

The govt gives farmers Rs 6,000 per year, and takes Rs 18,000 on an average from GST on fertilizers: Praniti Shinde

The poor are forced to fill 'give-up subsidy' forms: Praniti Shinde

Did Maharashtra not get Bihar and Andhra's love because BJP got less seats there, or because they know they will lose the next elections there?: Praniti Shinde

The 4-lane, 6-lane highways were made by BJP, why didn't Congress make any, asks Jagadish Shettar

This NDA govt is presenting its 11th budget, none of them have helped the people: SP's Dharmendra Yadav

This govt is completely anti-people: Dharmendra Yadav

Youth were told they will be given 2 crore jobs every year, I ask from their said, where are these 20 crore jobs in 10 years, asks Dharmendra Yadav

BJP knows that if the students are educated, they will question the government: Dharmendra Yadav

Has even one person from the backward classes become rich under you, asks Dharmendra Yadav

You felt so bad about losing Ayodhya that you didn't even mention UP in your budget: Dharmendra Yadav

I request you to please end Agniveer scheme: Dharmendra Yadav

Don't hate UP so much, you got into power first 2 times because of them, give us the same package as Bihar :Dharmendra Yadav

On behalf of my party I oppose this anti-people budget: Dharmendra Yadav

Yesterday I saw a budget that was for power, not the people: Congress Sukhdeo Bhagat

BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay tells interrupters causing opposition to not speak like 'stupid' people and keep their 'mouth shut'; causes ruckus in house

During his maiden speech, BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay told the interrupters of his speech to not speak like 'stupid people' and keep their 'mouth shut', with the opposition causing ruckus in the house in reaction to it.

Instead of taking shelter under Lord Shiva, Rahul Gandhi should have taken the side of common man: Abhijit Gangopadhyay

House adjourned for the day amidst ruckus caused by Abhijit Gangopadhyay's remarks