Parliament Budget Session Highlights: Rajya Sabha adjourned till Monday for Holi celebrations

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Parliament Budget Session 2025 Live Updates: Opposition members, mainly from the Congress and DMK, on Wednesday, held a noisy protest in the Lok Sabha over clearance granted to a renewable energy project near the India-Pakistan border, news agency PTI reported. Asking a supplementary during Question Hour, Manish Tewari of the Congress said national security and energy security have to go hand in hand. He claimed the mixed renewable energy project will run up to one kilometer of the International Border (IB) and noted that as per security protocol, any big infrastructure project should be at least 10 km away from the IB.

Meanwhile, The Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025 was introduced in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, aiming to modernize and consolidate India’s immigration laws with the Opposition calling it a “violation” of constitutional provisions and demanding the Bill to be referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee. The Bill seeks to streamline various services related to immigration and foreigners, including their entry, exit and stay in the country. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to move for leave to introduce the new bill, which will grant the Centre certain powers to provide for the requirement of passports or other travel documents in respect of persons entering into and exiting from India.

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In other news, Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a plea by Baramulla Lok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid seeking interim bail, or alternatively custody parole to attend the ongoing Parliament session. Rashid appealed a March 10 order from a Patiala house court, which denied him custody parole.

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Mar 12, 2025 03:47 PM IST

Myself know 7-8 languages": Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murthy supports three-language policy

Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murthy voiced her support for the three-language policy in the National Education Policy (NEP), which encourages students to learn multiple languages. Reflecting on her own experience with languages, she stated, "I have always believed that one can learn multiple languages and I myself know 7-8 languages. So I enjoy learning and children can earn a lot." Earlier, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram slammed the Union Government on the issue of the three-language policy.

Mar 12, 2025 01:52 PM IST

Parliament Budget Session Live Updates: PM Modi providing free foodgrains to 80 cr people in systematic way, says Pralhad Joshi

The UPA government introduced a food security law in 2013 haphazardly eying next year's general elections, but it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who took the initiative to provide free foodgrains to 80 crore people in a systematic way, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.

The Union food minister made the remark in the Lok Sabha when Congress member Praniti Shinde said the National Food Security Act, 2013, which aimed to provide subsidised foodgrains to the poor, was the brainchild of her party's leader Sonia Gandhi.

"The Congress brought the food security act in 2013 only because of the election. It was introduced in a haphazard manner. Even rules under the act were not framed," Joshi said. He said when the NDA government assumed charge after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the initiative to ensure free foodgrains to the poor as he understands their pain.

"Now Prime Minister Modi is providing free foodgrains to 80 crore people in the country," the Union minister said. (PTI)

Mar 12, 2025 11:32 AM IST

Parliament Budget Session Live Updates: Delhi HC issues notices to NIA's response in Engineer Rashid's plea for custody parole to attend Parliament

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from NIA in a plea by Baramulla Lok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid seeking interim bail, or alternatively custody parole to attend the ongoing Parliament session.

Rashid has challenged an order of March 10 by a Patiala house court where the trial court had refused to grant him custody parole. The parliament session is from March 10 until April 4.

Rashid, who defeated Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the Baramulla seat by over 2 lakh votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, has been lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since 2019 in a case of alleged terror funding.

Mar 12, 2025 11:28 AM IST

Parliament Budget Session Live Updates: 'They don't have any real issues to talk, completely dependent on Rahul Gandhi,' says MP Priyanka Chaturvedi

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said," They think that their politics will only work when they will pass comments on Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi. It seems like they don't have any real issues to talk about and they are completely dependent on Rahul Gandhi to gain attention."

VIDEO | Here's what Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) said on Sabmit Patra's remark on Rahul Gandhi.

"They think that their politics will only work when they will pass comments on Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi. It seems like they don't have any real issues to… pic.twitter.com/L5UAXvsYya

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Mar 12, 2025 11:16 AM IST

Parliament Budget Session Live Updates: Gogoi targets PM over ‘absence’, many times Opp didn’t allow him to speak, says Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi got into a war of words in Lok Sabha Tuesday after the Opposition leader’s remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Initiating a discussion on the supplementary demands for grants, excess grants and the Manipur budget, Gogoi made a remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “absence” in the House.

Speaker Om Birla interjected and said that PM Modi had informed him and the House about his foreign visit and pointed out that previous prime ministers too have undertaken visits during Parliament sessions.

Modi is on an official visit to Mauritius.

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