Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, a member of the Parliamentary Committee for home affairs, has written today to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to increase the monthly assistance under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme to Rs 2,000.
With the Winter session of Parliament starting from Monday, Congress today demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the various alleged scams following the indictment of Gautam Adani and others by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) of the US.
The government has convened an all-party meeting on November 24 ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament which starts on Monday.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Smriti Irani challenged Congress leadership, particularly the Gandhi family, to clarify whether they support terrorism or the development of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Winter Session of the Parliament is set to commence from November 25 and will go on till December 20, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced here on Tuesday.
On 13 December, the 22nd anniversary of the Parliament attack incident, a major security lapse took place at the new Parliament building in Delhi, when two intruders jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors gallery and sprayed coloured smoke.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that during the attack on the Parliament in 2001, the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) of UP demonstrated rare bravery and succeeded in foiling the attack.
The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of running away from a debate over the recent security breach in Parliament.
After the peaceful start of its Winter Session, Parliament was last week jolted by an incident which none could have imagined when two young men jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from its first floor public gallery on Wednesday afternoon while members were making Zero Hour submissions.
The former Supreme Court judge was noting the 'disturbing features' that happened in the country this year including "raids on BBC, and recent judgment of the top court on Article 370 abrogation".
