Parliament LIVE: Samajwadi Party MPs protested outside Parliament today against the incidents of mob lynching, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the killing of a youth in Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to table the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019. He is also expected to move amendments to the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Union minister Piyush Goyal will likely move for passage of the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which seeks to allows trusts to set up units in special economic zones by amending the SEZ law. The Opposition is likely to protest against the bill in its current format.
On Wednesday, Modi, in his maiden speech in Rajya Sabha after returning to power at the Centre, made a strong pitch for electoral reforms, backed use of electronic voting machines and called upon non-treasury benches to oppose and not obstruct legislative business in the Upper house, where ruling party lacks majority.
He flayed the Congress leadership for raising doubts over the efficacy of EVMs. “We brought the party from nothing to this stage. We lost elections but we never blamed circumstances. When there is no self-confidence, people start looking for excuses. There was no soul searching. This is the test of leadership. And now there is no point in lowering morale of cadres. Prep up and let’s be prepared for the next fight,” Modi said.
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