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.
Other issues including Bihar hooch tragedy echoed in the Rajya Saha in the early hours leading to the adjournment of the House thrice within a short period of 40 minutes with both treasury benches and the Opposition raising their matters.
Rajnath Singh will make a statement in Lok Sabha at 12 noon today and in Rajya Sabha at 2 pm.
The former Bihar finance minister said that only countries like Pakistan and Sri Lanka have Rs 5,000 notes while Indonesia has notes of Rs 1 lakh in circulation.
The Rajya Sabha chairman said that the newspaper report or the opinion given by anyone, has absolutely no importance and that only legally admissible documents should be the basis for the allegations in the House.
The winter session of the Parliament will begin on Wednesday. The session will have a total of 17 working days.
