The uproar over BJP president Amit Shah’s remarks on the final draft of National Register of Citizens(NRC) saw Rajya Sabha transact little business on Tuesday. Chairman Venkaiah Naidu was forced to adjourn the House after members of the Congress trooped to the Well and raised slogans. Shah, in his address before the House, claimed the Congress, unlike the BJP, lacked courage, to identify illegal migrants in Assam.
The uproar over BJP president Amit Shah’s remarks on the final draft of National Register of Citizens(NRC) saw Rajya Sabha transact little business on Tuesday. Chairman Venkaiah Naidu was forced to adjourn the House after members of the Congress trooped to the Well and raised slogans. Shah, in his address before the House, claimed the Congress, unlike the BJP, lacked courage, to identify illegal migrants in Assam.
“Genuine Indians should not be sent out of the country. NRC should not be politicised and used as vote bank. It is a human rights issue, not a Hindu-Muslim issue,” Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress MP in Rajya Sabha said in the House opposing the draft.
The issue is likely to rock the Upper House once it reconvenes today.
Meanwhile, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill was passed in Lok Sabha yesterday. The government backed the amendments made to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and said it is intended to provide relief to homebuyers and the MSME sector.
On Wednesday, Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to table The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018 and The National Sports University Bill, 2018 are also listed for business.
“Genuine Indians should not be sent out of the country. NRC should not be politicised and used as vote bank. It is a human rights issue, not a Hindu-Muslim issue,” Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress MP in Rajya Sabha said in the House opposing the draft.
The issue is likely to rock the Upper House once it reconvenes today.
Meanwhile, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill was passed in Lok Sabha yesterday. The government backed the amendments made to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and said it is intended to provide relief to homebuyers and the MSME sector.
On Wednesday, Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to table The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018 and The National Sports University Bill, 2018 are also listed for business.