Parliament highlights: Only the dynastic prince of Congress is unemployed, says Tejaswi Surya

PM Narendra Modi while replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Rajya Sabha attacked the Congress saying that democracy was not at its mercy and that dynastic politics was the biggest threat to the same. Rahul Gandhi said PM Modi has not replied to his questions raised in Parliament but attacked the Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru because the BJP is scared that his party tells the truth.

Opposition members continue to point out deficiencies while BJP members continue to hail Budget

Lok Sabha to run till 11 pm for Budget discussion

Lok Sabha extends session time till 10 pm to discuss Union Budget

Modi hits back at Rahul over alleged lack of response

In an interview with ANI, PM Modi hit back at Rahul Gandhi. He said, “How do I reply to a person who does not listen, skips Parliament?”

Question in Tamil, reply in Hindi: Heated exchanges in Lok Sabha between Opposition, treasury benches

A question asked in Tamil triggered heated exchanges in Lok Sabha on Wednesday between the Opposition and Treasury benches that spilt over to the issue of ministers giving replies in Hindi.It all started during Question Hour, with DMK member A Ganeshamurthi asking a supplementary question about FDI inflow in Tamil and Union minister Piyush Goyal saying that he missed the first part in Tamil.

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Discussions continue on an array of issues, most of which are state-specific

Congress' mindless obsession with socialism kept India down, says Surya in his conclusion

Congress shackled Indian economy by design for 70 years, claims Surya

Continuing his attack, Surya says that Farooq Abdullah and others are upset by Modi rule "because only a few parties ruled the country before this."

'Only the prince of dynastic Congress is unemployed'

Tejasvi Surya of the BJP, an MP from Bengaluru, takes on Farooq Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha, claiming that there are "sufficient job opportunities" and that only "unemployed person is the prince of Congress."

Discussions range from railway projects to MNREGA funding and NEET admissions

Opposition MPs take on the BJP by claiming shortfalls in budgets, with a couple from South India claiming that the allocation of funds to the northern parts has been higher. The Congress also took a swipe at the BJP over reduction of funds for the MNREGA, claiming that the BJP is only bothered with doing away with Congress' schemes and not public welfare.

Farooq Abdullah calls for more importance on health

Matters of urgent public importance being discussed

Question on social media triggers long debate on guidelines, curbs

"Need to strike a balance between freedom of expression and accountability, safety of platforms," says minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Discussions move on to Railways, particularly the Kotipalli-Narasapur railway line

Discussion centres on BSNL and MTNL

After a query by BSP over BSNL and MTNL's operations, minister Ashwini Vaishnaw points the finger at the previous regimes, saying that the organisations are "significantly better off than they were seven years ago."

Lok Sabha starts

Congress moves adjournment motion in Lok Sabha to discuss press freedom

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has given adjournment motion notice to discuss "curb on freedom of press."

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Rajya Sabha is adjourned and is set to meet on February 10 at 10:00 am.

No Cabinet ministers answered during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha: Jairam

"Implementation of National Policy and Action Plan to address Left Wing Extremism (LWE) 2015 resulted in decline in violence. Incidents of LWE violence have reduced by 77 per cent from an all-time high of 2,258 in 2009 to 509 in 2021": MoS Home Nityanand Rai in Rajya Sabha

When govt is trying to privatise everything it is time govt also is made private, says Sen

TMC's Dola Sen saidthe Budget gave no assurance to the young, women, jobless migrants and MGNREGA workers. "When the government is trying to privatise everything it is time the government also is made private", says Sen.

No of Foreign Tribunals in Assam: 100
Cases Pending: 1,23,829
People declared foreigners: 1,43,466
People declared Indians: 1,21,598
Deported: 329
-- Ministry of Home Affairs in Rajya Sabha

"Since 2014, I have been experiencing Rahu Kaal, not Amrit Kaal", Sibalsaid. He added that the leader of the 'tukde tukde' gang is the one who drives a wedge between people and "the one who does 'tukde tukde' of the constitution".

INC's Kapil Sibal says words like "green", "digital" were used but words like "food security" and "poverty" were missing in the Budget

INC's Kapil Sibal says words like "green", "digital" were used but words like "food security" and "poverty" were missing. Sibal says to Finance Minister, "you look at the skies, you should look at the ground."

This is a Ambani, Adani government, says Binoy Viswam

CPI MP Binoy Viswamsays the government was the reason for the pitiable situation of migrant workers. PM Modi in turn has blamed Congress for it.

5,543 Constable posts lying vacant in Police Stations of Delhi: MoS Home to RS

"As per inputs by Delhi Police, 5543 Constable posts lying vacant in Police Stations of Delhi. Occurrence of vacancies inter-alia on account of retirements, creation of posts etc is a dynamic process &accordingly filling up of vacancies is also a continuous process,"MoS Home to RS

"Delhi Police has already initiated a recruitment process to fill up the vacant posts," MoS Home added

Security Forces, civilians death due to LWE violence reduced by 85%, says Nityanand Rai

"Deaths of Civilians and Security Forces due to LWE violence have also reduced by 85% from an all-time high of 1005 in 2010 to 147 in 2021," MoS Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Rajya Sabha

"Govt has taken several measures to rehabilitate Kashmiri migrants back into the valley, including the 3000 State Government jobs created for Kashmiri Migrants under the Prime Minister's Development Package-2015 (PMDP-2015) at an outlay of Rs 1080 cr,"MoS Home Nityanand Rai to RS.

"The government of Jammu and Kashmir has appointed 1739 migrants and selected additional 1098 migrants under PMDP-2015."

"The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has launched a portal on 07.09.2021 to address the grievances of Kashmiri Migrants related to Immovable properties and community assets. An amount of Rs 753.89 crores has been released during the last five years in this regard."

Govt approved proposal for setting up state-of-the-art Greyhounds training centre in Andhra Pradesh: MHA in RS

"Govt has approved the proposal for setting up a State-of-the-art Greyhounds Training Centre in Andhra Pradesh at a cost of Rs 219.16 crores in April 2018. MHA has released an amount of Rs 9.08 crores to the Govt of Andhra Pradesh for the project," Ministry of Home Affairs in RS.

"Due to difficulties faced by the Andhra Pradesh Govt in getting encumbrance free land for the project, it has been recommended to fund the entire cost of land by the Central Govt on the condition that 50% training slots are provided to agencies of Govt of India," he added.

FM's 90 minutes Budget leaves out 90 crore Indians, says TRS MP K R Suresh Reddy

DMK MP M Mohamed Abdulla points out sanitary napkin being taxed at 12% but tax on diamonds has reduced to 5%

LJD MP M V Shreyams Kumar raises question on govt's steps to deal with substance abuse

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva raises question on moral education inclusion in CBSE syllabus

MoS Education says Centre's approach is not subject-specific but syllabus specific.

If you hate Congress, Gandhi, Nehru, Rahul, say it outside Parliament: Kharge

TRS MPs protest at the Gandhi statue in Parliament

Left MPs from Kerala protest over allocation for projects in Budget

BJP not allowing girls to wear hijab and study: Owaisi

"The BJP government is not allowing our daughters to wear a hijab and study but Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about empowering Muslim women with the triple talaq law. Is this his Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign pitch?" asked Owaisi while campaigning in Sambhal on Tuesday. Read more

Congress MP K C Venugopal has given Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over the increase in attack on Christian minorities and their institutions in the country.

Only six states maintain records of healthcare workers who died of Covid-19

Only six out of 36 states and union territories maintain separate records of health workers who died due to Covid-19 in the last two years, Union Health Ministry informed the Parliament on Tuesday.

These states are Maharashtra and Gujarat, along with Sikkim, Chandigarh, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.

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Karnataka Home Minister Araga Janendra said that his government would probe the role of organisations that instigated protests across the state. Meanwhile, schools and colleges in Karnataka remain shut as CM Basavaraj Bommai sought to control what has now become a law and order issue. Follow live updates of Hijab row here

Rajya Sabha may see Opposition raising Hijab row issue.

There is an undeclared emergency, says Rajasthan CM on PM's Cong attack

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack at the Congress, accusing the party of using Parliament for political gains, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday responded, saying that there is an undeclared emergency in the country.

In a conversation with the media after the Congress' 'Chintan Shivir', Gehlot said, "Today there is an undeclared emergency in the country. Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani himself was hinted as soon as the Modi government was formed and he came under pressure from the RSS and had to keep quiet."

He added, "Why and under what circumstances did the emergency happen? In fact, after it, out government collapsed, everyone knows about it, what is the point of speaking about it now?"

'Be my guest' if you like to abuse Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rahul Gandhi tells PM Modi

Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not replied to his questions raised in Parliament but attacked the Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru because the BJP is scared that his party tells the truth.

“If you like to abuse the Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru, be my guest,” Rahul told reporters in Parliament House, hours after Modi targeted the Congress and country’s first Prime Minister Nehru in Rajya Sabha.

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