Kind of attack on Chair of Dy Chairman is saddening incident, says Union Minister Smriti Irani

The ruling party BJP has total 86 members in Rajya Sabha, Congress has 40, TMC 13, Samajwadi Party 8, TRS 7, BJD 9, JDU 5, AIADMK 9, DMK 7 and RJD 5.

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The Rajya Sabha on Sunday passed two farm bills giving marketing freedom to farmers, amidst ruckus. During the discussion, almost all opposition parties are demanded that the bills should be sent to the select committee of the House.

BJP had issued a three-line whip to all of its Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in the House on Sunday.

The ruling party BJP has total 86 members in Rajya Sabha, Congress has 40, TMC 13, Samajwadi Party 8, TRS 7, BJD 9, JDU 5, AIADMK 9, DMK 7 and RJD 5.

Out of 245 members in the Upper House, two seats are vacant. The House is slated to take up Farmers` Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

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20 September 2020

20:16 IST

Union Minister Smriti Irani: The kind of attack on the Chair of Dy Chairman is saddening incident. Is it befitting to politics of this nation? Is it right to go & break mic at a chair on which not only Deputy Chairman but also the Vice President of the nation sits? (ANI input)

19:46 IST

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Opposition's ruckus: Whatever happened in Rajya Sabha was painful and very shameful.

Kind of attack on Chair of Dy Chairman is saddening incident, says Union Minister Smriti Irani

The ruling party BJP has total 86 members in Rajya Sabha, Congress has 40, TMC 13, Samajwadi Party 8, TRS 7, BJD 9, JDU 5, AIADMK 9, DMK 7 and RJD 5.

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