250 Rajya Sabha Sessions Reflect Journey Of India's Progress

The Parliament witnessed a stormy start to the winter session, with Opposition leaders protesting against the detention of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and others. The protest began soon after the House assembled for the day one of the winter session which will culminate on December 13. Amid pandemonium, Birla continued proceedings.

Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm after obituary references were made on the demise of Jagannath Mishra, Arun Jaitley, Gurudas Dasgupta, Ram Jethmalani, and Sukhdev Singh Libra.

Meanwhile, the Modi dispensation seeks to push through the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Other key bills such as Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, Anti Maritime Piracy Bill 2019 and Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 are among the 47 items expected to be taken up during the House proceedings.

The session, which will go on till December 13, will provide a total of 20 sittings spread over a period of 26 days including four Private Members’ days.

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