Today is the last day of the winter session of Parliament. It is believed that there can be a lot of uproar over many big issues today. The opposition party can attack the government fiercely on many issues in both houses today. This time there was a lot of debate in both houses about the citizenship amendment bill in the winter session. However, after the debate this bill was passed and with the approval of the President, it has become a law. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will present the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019 in the Lok Sabha today.
TDP MP K.K. Ravindra Kumar has given a zero-time notice on 'long criminal cases' involving an elected representative in the Rajya Sabha. At the same time, RJD MP Manoj Jha has given zero time notice to the small parliamentary parties in the Rajya Sabha seeking to re-introduce the time allocation mechanism to provide adequate participation in debates in the Houses of Parliament.
The Constitution Amendment (126th) bill has also passed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. After much discussion, a vote was taken regarding this bill. For information, let us know that this bill was already approved by the Lok Sabha. In this bill, there is a provision to increase the reservation year for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities in the Lok Sabha and State Legislatures.
It is worth noting that the reservation is currently ending on 25 January 2020. Through this bill, there is a provision to extend it till 25 January 2030. Not only this, there is a provision in the bill to abolish 2 seats in the Parliament under Anglo Indian quota.
The winter session of this time started on 18 November. Many issues were debated this time in the winter session. This time there was a hot summer in Parliament due to many issues ranging from onion prices to economic sluggishness.
