Parliament Highlights: 'RS functioned below potential', says Naidu; Winter Session concludes

The Winter Session of Parliament adjourned sine die today, a day ahead of schedule. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi have called press conferences on Wednesday to brief about the Winter Session. Stay tuned for live updates.

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Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die

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.

Parliament Winter Session concludes.

Rajya Sabha functioned below potential, says Naidu before adjourning the House

Lok Sabha adjourned sine die ahead of schedule

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.

PM Modi meets senior ministers in Parliament

Prime minister Narendra Modi is meeting with senior ministers in Parliament to discuss various issues and government strategies. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Pralhad Joshi, Piyush Goyal, Kiren Rijiju, Anurag Singh Thakur and Nitin Gadkari are attending this meeting.

Suspended MPs to read the Preamble of Constitution as part of their protest on the last day of Parliament's Winter Session.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over Lakhimpur Kheri incident, also demands immediate resignation of MoS Home Ajay Misra Teni.

BJP giving lectures after breaking every rule: Derek O'Brien on suspension

The suspension of Derek O'Brien from Rajya Sabha for the Winter Session came within three hours of the Trinamool Congress floor leader throwing the Rule Book at the reporter's table even as he defended his action saying the BJP was trying to give "lectures" when it is breaking every rule.

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What's the controversy on linking Aadhaar and voter ID?

Parliament has passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which provides a legal framework for linking electoral roll data with Aadhaar. The legislation has been strongly criticised by the Opposition and civil society over privacy and voter data manipulation concerns. In its defence, the government says the law will weed out voter duplications and help first-time voters enrol in the electoral roll four times a year. Here's a deeper look at the matter.

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Parliament to adjourn sine die ahead of schedule today

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.

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