(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Let Parliament Work

Topic: Let Parliament Work

Guest:

Ashok Tandon, (Senior Journalist)
Chakshu Roy, (Head of Outreach, PRS Legislative Research)
V. K. Agnihotri, (Former Secretary General, Rajya Sabha)

Topic Description:

Rajya Sabha was adjourned 11 February till 11 AM on 12 February as Congress and TDP members trooped into the Well of the House seeking to raise various issues. Two bills were introduced before Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the House in the morning session. Several opposition members, including from TMC and Congress, protested as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj introduced the 'The Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019'. The Chairman, however said the bill was just being introduced. Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram introduced 'The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill, 2019'. Earlier, as soon as the listed papers were laid on the table of the House, members of TDP trooped into the Well demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh. Several Congress MPs too entered the Well. The issues being raised by Congress could not be heard in the din but in Lok Sabha they had raked up the issue of alleged horse-trading in Karnataka by BJP. Law makers from BSP and SP, the two parties which have entered into an alliance for the next Lok Sabha polls, were heard raising the issue of deaths in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand due to consumption of illicit liquor. The Chairman made appeals to the protesting members to return to their seats and not display posters. But his appeals went unheeded following which he adjourned the House.