Parliament session highlights: Both Houses adjourned sine die

Parliament session LIVE updates: Rajya Sabha Chairman Dhankar said, "Despite three adjournments in the afternoon, we did not receive the expected response from members. I made efforts to include members in the proceedings."

"I urge the members who walked out to deeply reflect and consider the House proceedings and the expectations of the public."

"I observed the members' reactions on various TV channels."

"I have no personal issues with anyone. I am deeply hurt by the language used and by the decision to go to the media for attention."

"I am confident that everyone in the country will focus on the substance of what is being presented."

Parliament session LIVE updates: In the Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju put proposed the names of 21 MPs for the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and requested the Rajya Sabha to recommend 10 members for appointment to the JPC.

The proposal has been approved by the House.

21 MPs from Lok Sabha who will be members of the JPC are - Jagdambika Pal, Nishikant Dubey, Tejasvi Surya, Aparajita Sarangi, Sanjay Jaiswal, Dilip Saikia, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, DK Aruna, Gaurav Gogoi, Imran Masood, Mohammad Jawed, Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi, Kalyan Banerjee, A Raja, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Dileshwar Kamait, Arvind Sawant, Suresh Gopinath, Naresh Ganpat Mhaske, Arun Bharti and Asaduddin Owaisi.

Parliament session LIVE updates: Regarding the BJP ST/SC MPs' meeting with PM Modi about the Supreme Court's observation on the creamy layer for ST/SC, SP MP Awadhesh Prasad said, “Has PM Modi fulfilled the assurance given to the youth of providing 2 cr jobs every year, removing inflation?... I hope for the best.”

Parliament session LIVE updates: Actress and Rajya Sabha MP who walked out with the Opposition took offence to the tone and language used by Speaker Dhankhar.

“We are not school children. Some of us are senior citizens. I was upset with the tone and especially when the Leader of Opposition stood up to speak, he switched off the mike. How can you do this?” she said.

She also alleged that he used unparliamentary language and showed disrespect to women.

Parliament session LIVE updates: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 p.m.

Parliament session LIVE updates: While bringing up the plight of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh amid unrest, BJP MP Bishnu Pada Ray caused an uproar in Lok Sabha due to his digs at the Opposition saying that the TMC, CPM and Congress are on Pakistan and Bangladesh's side against India.

He said, “ Why won't Rahul Gandhi say anything now, they will just say Pakistan aao, Bangladesh aao.”

Parliament session LIVE updates: Congress Nandurbar MP invoked World Adivasi day and brought up lack of basic rights in the country for the Adivasi population, especially children.

He called for measures to improve conditions and asked that August 9 should be celebrated with a national holiday on August 9 to give importance to the community.

Parliament session LIVE updates: The treasury benches support RS speaker Dhankhar and demand apology from Opposition for their walkout. Members said the opposition had insulted the house and the speaker with their unparliamentary behaviour.

Parliament session LIVE updates: The opposition walked out of the Rajya Sabha proceedings following Sonia Gandhi, leaving chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar vexed.

The issue exploded due to bad blood between MP Ghanshyam Tiwari and MP Mallikarjun Kharge after a comment made by the former.

Opposition MPs were enraged by the lack of a public apology and alleged that Vice President Dhankhar was defending Tiwari.

Parliament session LIVE updates: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024 in Lok Sabha, with opposition MPs against the bill due to ambiguities in the provisions for cooperative banks.

Parliament session LIVE updates: Before the start of question hour, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh brought up MP Ghanshyam Tiwari's comments on Mallikarjun Kharge - accusing him of coming from dynastic politics.

Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar stated that he had heard from Tiwari that he was sorry for any issues caused by his comment.

However, the issue did not subside and opposition MPs started creating a ruckus demanding that Tiwari apologise again and that the chairperson stop defending him.

Parliament session LIVE updates: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram called NDA - ‘No Data Available’ government, alleging that there was no central repository on disabled people seeking services through the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

In a follow up, he also asked if there was any data available for caste based metrics on who was availing the scheme.

Anupriya Patel, minister of state for health and family welfare said that the beneficiary data comes from the Rashtriya Swastha Bhima Yojana and National Food Security Association.

Parliament session LIVE updates: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to introduce Banking Laws Amendment Bill (2024) today.

The amendment, which was first brought up in the Union Budget speech by the finance minister, is supposed to "improve bank governance and enhance investors’ protection with certain amendments to the Banking Regulation Act, the Banking Companies Act and the Reserve Bank of India Act are proposed.”

Parliament session LIVE updates: AAP MP Swati Maliwal brought up the issue of the pollution of the Yamuna river in Rajya Sabha, calling it a “drain”.

She raised the issue of sewers being discharged into the Yamuna river and said that it was incompetence that had led to the river's sorry situation.

“Today, more toxic froth than water is visible in the Yamuna river,” she said.

Only a small part of the river passes through Delhi, but 76 per cent of its pollution comes from here, Swati Maliwal added.

Parliament session LIVE updates: External affairs minister S Jaishankar responds to questions on Indians recruited in Russian army, stating that as of now 91 Indian nationals were recruited - 8 of whom have passed away. 14 have been discharged and 69 are awaiting release.

The foreign minister was answering a question on the issue by Congress MP Adoor Prakash said the issue was raised by Prime Minister Modi with President Putin.

He assured that the issue was being taken seriously and being monitored by the MEA and PM Modi.

Parliament session LIVE updates: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh moved a privilege motion notice in Rajya Sabha against Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, accusing him of misleading the house about the removal of the preamble from certain NCERT textbooks.

Parliament session LIVE updates: "We condemn Union sports minister Mansukh Mandivya insensitive statement and urge the government to address this issue with the seriousness it deserves. Our athletes deserve genuine support, not mere financial figures. We call for the withdrawal of ministers' statements and a more respectful approach to our sportspeople's challenges," Congress MP Manickam Tagore said.