Parliament Monsoon Session Updates: TMC's Shantanu Sen blocked from entering RS following suspension; both Houses adjourned

Parliament Monsoon Session Live Update: After the Rajya Sabha was adjourned even as suspended TMC MP Santanu Sen refused to leave the House, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "TMC has a culture of violence in Bengal".

FP Staff|Jul 23, 2021, 16:11:23 IST

Parliament Monsoon Session Latest Update: TMC MP Shantanu Sen was suspended from the Rajya Sabha on Friday for the remaining period of the monsoon session after a motion moved by the government was passed by the HouseParliament is expected to witness another stormy day today with media houses putting out more names of alleged targets of the Pegasus snooping programme while the government preparing to double down on Opposition MPs who reportedly misbehaved in the House yesterday.The government will move a motion seeking suspension of Trinamool Congress MP Shantanu Sen for snatching papers from Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, sources said. They said some opposition MPs "misbehaved" with the treasury bench members, including a minister, even after the House was adjourned.The rumours were strengthened as the BJP issued a whip to all its Rajya Sabha MPs asking them to be present in the House.Meanwhile, Congress has moved another privilege motion against Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar for misleading the parliament on deaths due to shortage of oxygen in the country amid COVID-19 outbreak.Lok Sabha scheduleBills for consideration and passin

The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020
The National Institutes of Food Technology,
Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021.
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BJP MP Rakesh Sinha to move bills on population control in Rajya Sabha
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