NewDelhi: The Monsoon Session of Parliament is all set to begin from today (July 19, 2021) and is likely to witness a confrontation between the government and the Opposition over raging issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers’ protest, fuel prices hike and vaccination strategy.
On the other hand, social media was abuzz throughout Sunday with speculation about the worldwide release of Pegasus report which claimed that telephones of India’s top Ministers, Supreme Court judges, journalists and others were tapped. However, the government dismissed allegations of any kind of surveillance on its part on specific people, saying it “has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever”.
In other developments, at least 30 people died and several others were injured in rain-related incidents in Mumbai on Sunday as incessant heavy downpour overnight during a major thunderstorm pummeled the city, causing severe water-logging and traffic disruptions.
Several parts of Delhi also witnessed light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorm in the early hours of Monday. According to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) prediction in wee hours of Monday, thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain is likely in Delhi and its adjoining places including Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, Punjab Youth Congress President Brinder Singh Dhillon has called a key meeting on Monday in view of the rift between Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu. This development came before Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as the party’s new Punjab unit President.
Highlights
- The Monsoon Session of Parliament is all set to begin from Monday (July 19, 2021).
- Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain is likely in Delhi and its adjoining places, said IMD.
- Punjab Youth Congress President Brinder Singh Dhillon has called a key meeting on Monday.
House has been adjourned till 12.24 pm.
Members of Parliament in Rajya Sabha paid tribute to MPs & personalities who lost their lives this year, including veteran actor Dilip Kumar & veteran athlete Milkha Singh.
Perhaps some people are not happy if counrty’s women, OBCs, farmers’ sons become Ministers. That is why they don’t even allow their introduction: Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduces his Council of Ministers in the Lok Sabha, amid uproar by the Opposition MPs
I thought that there would be enthusiasm in the Parliament as so many women, Dalits, tribals have become Ministers. This time our colleagues from agricultural & rural background, OBC community, have been given berth in Council of Ministers: PM introduces his new Ministers, in LS
Indian Union Muslim League’s Abdul Wahab takes oath as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrives at the Parliament as the Monsoon Session commences today.
Ahead of Monsoon session, PM Modi appeals to all MPs to cooperate in following all COVID protocols.
An informal meeting of opposition leaders underway at Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge’s office in Parliamen, on strategy for monsoon session.
I have urged all Floor Leaders that if they can take out some time tomorrow evening then I would like to give them all detailed information regarding the pandemic. We want discussion inside the Parliament as well with the Floor Leaders outside the Parliament: PM Modi.
I would like to urge all the MPs & all the parties to ask the most difficult & sharpest questions in the Houses but should also allow the Govt to respond, in a disciplined environment. This will boost the democracy, strengthen people’s trust & improve pace of development: PM Modi
We want that the pandemic be discussed on priority & we get constructive suggestions from all MPs so that there comes a fresh approach in fight against COVID & shortcomings be corrected so that everyone moves forward together in the fight: PM Narendra Modi
Vaccine is given in ‘baahu’ (arms), those who take it become ‘Baahubali’. Over 40 cr people have become ‘Baahubali’ in the fight against COVID. It’s being taken forward. The pandemic has gripped the entire world. So we want meaningful discussions in the Parliament over it: PM Modi
Our national security is under threat. I will definitely raise this issue (in the House): Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on ‘Pegasus Project’ media report
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to move The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in Lok Sabha today.
Union Food Processing Industries Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras to move The National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha today.
Congress MP KC Venugopal has given a notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to suspend the business & discuss the rise in price of fuel & essential commodities & demand immediate remedial measures to be taken by the Government.
Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 4,21,665: Union Health Ministry.
Single day rise of 38,164 COVID-19 infections, 499 fatalities push India’s tally of cases to 3,11,44,229, death toll to 4,14,108: Govt.
DMK Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva has given suspension of business notice under rule 267 over demand to discuss Mekedatu Dam issue in the House.
Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy placed under house arrest by Hyderabad Police. His office says that he was to go to Delhi for Parliament session but Police was deployed outside his house at 3 am & he was stopped from going out.
India: Several Trinamool MPs from LS/RS will cycle to Parliament today, Monday 19 July, 10.15 am, to protest against PriceRise of Petrol, Diesel, LPG and other commodities.
India: CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam has given suspension of business notice under rule 267 over revelations of the scale of Pegasus spyware. RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha gives suspension of business notice under Rule 267 to discuss “obfuscation of data related to deaths on account of the second wave of COVID19.”
Maharashtra: The Mumbai local train services on the Central Railway’s Main and Harbour lines resumed for passengers on Monday. Notably, public transport including suburban services was disrupted as heavy rain lashed parts of Mumbai and its suburbs, leading to water-logging on tracks at a few places.
India: The Parliament is all set to witness a confrontation between the government and the Opposition over raging issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers` protest, fuel prices hike and vaccination strategy as its monsoon session will start from today. The monsoon session will conclude on August 13.
“The sixth session of the 17th Lok Sabha will commence on July 19. Subject to exigencies of government business, the session is likely to conclude on August 13,” a Lok Sabha release said.
Uttar Pradesh: The Uttar Pradesh government has made it mandatory for passengers coming in from states having a high caseload, to carry their RT-PCR negative report. The report should not be more than four days old. People who have been administered both the doses of vaccine will be exempted from the condition. According to the government spokesman, the rule will not only be applicable to people coming by air, rail and road but also to those using private vehicles.
New Delhi: Several parts of Delhi witnessed light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorm in the early hours of Monday (July 19, 2021).
Uttarakhand: At least three members of a family were killed and four were reported missing after a cloudburst in Mando village in Uttarkashi district early on Monday. “Three people died and four people were reported as missing after a cloudburst in Mando village in Uttarkashi district,” said Inspector Jagdamba Prasad, Team Incharge, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). Amid heavy rainfall in many parts of the state, several houses were submerged by water in some areas of the Mando village after the cloudburst, said the SDRF.
Bureau Report
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