MPs urge Union Minister Khattar to implement infra projects in Delhi
In a meeting with the Union minister for housing and urban affairs, the parliamentarians enhanced metro connectivity.
In a meeting with the Union minister for housing and urban affairs, the parliamentarians enhanced metro connectivity.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, on Sunday, urged the Members of Parliament (MPs) to make ‘TB Mukt Bharat’ and ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat’ campaigns a ‘Jan-Andolan’ and develop the spirit of healthy competition among themselves to make India free from Tuberculosis (TB) disease by 2025.
A three-line whip is a strict instruction to attend and vote according to the party's position, a breach of which would normally have serious consequences.
Apart from thousands of beneficiaries from across the country the programme will be joined by Union Ministers, MPs, MLAs and local level representatives.
“Who disrespected? How? All the MPs were sitting there. I shot the video. Media is saying what (Narendra) Modi ji is saying, no one said anything,” said the Congress leader.
The walkout followed repeated denial from the Chair to revoke the suspension of MPs as demanded by the Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Samajwadi Party member Jaya Bachchan also joined the sit-in protest in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament premises on Tuesday.
The Pegasus issue has forced repeated adjournments during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
The meeting is crucial as the Monsoon Session is set to be stormy with the opposition ready with strategy to corner the government over several issues that include rising petrol and diesel prices and the infrastructure lapses during the second wave of Covid.
China has imposed sanctions on nine UK citizens ~ including the five parliamentarians ~ who are among its most vocal critics in the UK. The government in Beijing said it was sanctioning the group for spreading what it called “lies and disinformation” about China.
