Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, a day ahead of the scheduled end of the Winter Session of Parliament. Soon after laying of the listed papers and reports, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the House sine die.
The Upper House witnessed several disruptions during the session following the suspension of 12 opposition party members for their "unruly" conduct in the previous session in August.
The Winter Session, which started on November 29, was scheduled to conclude on December 23.
Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, a day ahead of its original schedule, marking the end of the Winter Session of Parliament.
The Winter Session had 18 sittings and witnessed the passage of key legislations such as the Farm Laws Repeal Bill and the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill.
The session lost 18 hours and 48 minutes to disruption by opposition members on a range of issues such as price rise and Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the lower house witnessed record productivity of 204 per cent on December 2. The Winter Session of Parliament had begun on November 29 and was scheduled to go on till December 23.
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The Winter Session of Parliament will adjourn sine die on Wednesday, a day ahead of schedule.
The session started on November 29 with the repeal of three contentious farm laws in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and suspension of 12 MPs in the Upper House for "unruly behaviour" during the last day of Monsoon Session in August.