Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh conducts the proceedings of the House during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Source: Sansad TV/ANI)
The Lok Sabha on the 14th day of the monsoon session, passed the Taxation and other Laws (Amendment) Bill without a debate due to sloganeering by the Opposition over various issues, including alleged theft of donation at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. After the passage of the bill, through which the government also amended the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, the House was adjourned for the day.
Through the Bill the government seeks to attract more foreign capital, promote domestic electronics manufacturing and make it easier for foreign cloud companies to use Indian data centres by providing “process certainty”.
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Parliament witnessed disruptions on Thursday as the Opposition raised slogans in both Houses. In the Rajya Sabha, a war of words broke out between the government and the Opposition after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju cited Rule 235, which prohibits members from interrupting proceedings or repeatedly raising the same arguments. Rijiju alleged that Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge was repeating the same points every day. Responding to it, Kharge asserted, “It is my right what to speak, when to speak and how to speak.” Defending the Opposition’s protest, he said, “Disruption is part of democracy.”
Women Quota Bill: The government has made another attempt to pass the women quota Bill providing 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures from 2029, with the Delimitation Bill that proposes increasing the strength of the Lok Sabha to 816 seats. The government has reached out to the Congress and its NDA allies to build agreement during the ongoing Monsoon session, nearly four months after a similar attempt failed due to insufficient numbers. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday night said that there is no proposal for a special session between August 16 and 18.
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