Parliament Highlights: RS adjourned till 11 am on December 11

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

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.

Entire case against me based on sharing of login details but no rules govern this aspect, says Mahua Moitra after expulsion from Lok Sabha

Everyone knows that she has been vehemently attacking Adani and the PM, and that is the reason why she has been expelled without any justifiable reason, says RSP MP N K Premachandran on expulsion of Mahua Moitra as TMC MP

Justice has been denied to Mahua Moitra, says Sudip Bandyopadhyay after Mahua Moitra was expelled as TMC

Sad day for Indian parliamentary democracy, says WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Mahua Moitra's expulsion from Lok Sabha

Mahua Moitra not allowed to explain her stand; this is unacceptable, says Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Moitra's expulsion from Lok Sabha

There should be no politics on the issue of national security, says BJP MP Locket Chatterjee on Mahua Moitra's expulsion from Lok Sabha

Decision was taken based on statement of person who levelled the allegation. It is against the natural course of justice, says Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on expulsion of Mahua Moitra

This is a lesson to all MPs, when we become MPs, we take an oath, we're supposed to follow certain rules. In Mahua Moitra's case, immorality was visible...this is the reason why she was expelled from Lok Sabha, says BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi on expulsion of Mahua Moitra

This isn't an issue related to women. She herself admitted of receiving gifts. What other proof is required now? asks Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on expulsion of Mahua Moitra from Lok Sabha

It is an unfortunate event. The House has relied on a very erroneous report, a report which has no legal basis, and a report which has violated every principle of natural justice and procedure of evidence, says Congress leader Karti P Chidambaram on expulsion of TMC leader Mahua Moitra from Lok Sabha

A woman in power is something which BJP cannot tolerate. How did they think this expulsion was enough to mute her just because she spoke against BJP? In 2024, she will contest the elections, says West Bengal minister & TMC leader Dr Shashi Panja on Mahua Moitra's expulsion from Lok Sabha

RS adjourned till 11 am on December 11