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.
Disruptions in the functioning of Parliament continued on Tuesday, as both houses were adjourned till 2 pm amid repeated disruptions.
The Parliament has been dysfunctional since the commencement of second part of the budget session with the opposition pressing for a Joint Parliamentary Probe into the Adani issue and the treasury benches demanding an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his statement in London.
The government stuck to its demand for the Congress leader's apology even as the Opposition shouted for a JPC probe into the Adani Group's financial irregularities.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, both the houses were adjourned till 2 pm after Opposition MPs raised slogans demanding a JPC inquiry.
A meeting of leaders from like-minded opposition parties is underway at the office of LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the House.
