New Delhi, Aug 7: The Lok Sabha, the lower house, secretariat has cleared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s return as MP in the Lower House Monday.
Last week, the Supreme Court had stayed his conviction in a criminal defamation case. The Congress wants Rahul to participate in the no-confidence motion discussion in the Lok Sabha that begins tomorrow.
With the last week of the Parliament’s Monsoon session set to begin today, all eyes will be on the Rajya Sabha, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah will move the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, for consideration and passing.
The government has the numbers to comfortably push the Bill through as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) of Jagan Mohan Reddy have announced they will back it.
The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha last week, in a rare instance of truce between the Opposition and the Treasury benches this session.
Despite the numbers stacked against it, the Congress is preparing to go down with a fight. The party issued a whip to its MPs on August 4, asking them to be present in the Upper House till its adjournment on Monday,and sent a reminder on Sunday:
“Be present positively in Rajya Sabha from 10.45 am onwards till the adjournment of the House on Monday ie August 7, 2023, and support the party stand, as important items of Legislative Business will be taken up for voting. Three-line whip in this regard has already been issued.”
Source: Indian Express
