Earlier in the day, the House passed key bills including three on labour reforms. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the House had to hold 18 sittings but it held only 10.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday was adjourned sine die, amid concerns of the spread of coronavirus among lawmakers. While the opposition boycotted the proceedings, the Upper House today passed The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020, The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020, the three labour codes and the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill.
Various opposition parties, meanwhile, took out a silent protest march in the Parliament complex against the contentious farm Bills passed recently. The protesting MPs carried placards with messages such as “Save Farmers, Save Workers, Save Democracy” during their march from the Mahatma Gandhi statue to the Ambedkar statue on the premises. They also stood before Gandhi’s statue in a line. Members of the Congress, Trinamool Congress, CPI, CPI-M, DMK, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Samajwadi Party and the NCP participated in the protest.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the House had to hold 18 sittings but it held only 10.
He said the 10-day session was productive and as many as 25 bills were passed and six were introduced.
The Monsoon session had started on September 14.
