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Lok Sabha adjourned till 2pm amid sloganeering by opposition leaders

New Delhi : The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 PM amid the sloganeering by the opposition leaders. Opposition parties are protesting for the withdrawal of the farm laws. Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi is leading the Congress party’s protest demanding repeal of Centre’s three farm laws.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a meeting with senior cabinet members including defence minister Rajnath Singh, home minister Amit Shah, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, commerce minister Piyush Goyal and parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi.

Rajya Sabha chairman will decide when to move motion for the suspension of 6 TMC MPs who disrupted the house on farm bills, Pegasus snooping row. 

TMC’s MP Derek O’Brien taking a dig at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, over Pegasus and Farm Issues, said some hallow words. He tweeted, “Hollow words, Mr Prime Minister. You ran away from discussing Pegasus and are responsible for disrupting full Monsoon Session. In Sept 2020 your government broke every rule and bulldozed farm laws. The problem is no one in your Cabinet will tell you that Parliament is not Mann Ki Baat.”

The Winter Session of Parliament began on Monday, during which as many as 26 bills are expected to be tabled, including the one to repeal the three contentious farm laws.

The Narendra Modi-led government will push for the repeal of the agriculture laws today to quell the year-long farmers’ protests ahead of key state elections next year. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, which will be introduced by Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, has been listed for passage in the Lok Sabha.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as the Congress have issued whips to its MPs asking them to be present during the session today. The Congress protested at Parliament House on Monday morning demanding the repeal of the three laws.

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