Lok Sabha to take up discussion on price rise today

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani | Date 01-08-2022
Opposition MPs protesting against price rise in Parliament
Opposition MPs protesting against price rise in Parliament

 

New Delhi

The Lok Sabha will finally take up a discussion on price rise under rule 193 on Monday.

The House has listed the discussion which has been the bone of contention between the treasury and the opposition benches since the session began on July 18 leading to a near washout of the proceedings till now. 

The opposition parties apart from disrupting the proceedings inside the house have also been protesting in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex on the contentious issue.

They are also expected to bring up the issue of the suspension of the four Congress MPs for the remaining part of session.

Though the Centre had listed 32 Bills for passing in Parliament in this Monsoon Session, it looks unlikely against the backdrop of a face-off with the Opposition on the issues of GST hiked rates and inflation.

So far, the Lower House has transacted business for approximately 16 hours and the Rajya Sabha 11 hours against the scheduled six hours daily.

During the face-off, four Lok Sabha and 23 Rajya Sabha members were suspended.

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The Monsoon session of Parliament is scheduled to conclude on August 18.