Live: ‘Janta Ka Paisa Janta Ko Do’; RS in Uproar Over Note Ban
With only 10 days left in the Winter Session, not much headway has been made in the Parliament.
Both Houses adjourned for the day.
Mayhem broke in the Lok Sabha as Home Minister Rajnath Singh stated "demonetisation is for national interest".
As the slogans demanding a voting got louder, Pappu Yadav raised the issue of deaths of army personnels despite the surgical strikes that were conducted by the government.
Villagers fished out demonetised currencies of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 from a stream in Kathghariya in Uttarakhand.
Lok Sabha resumed after the first adjournment with congratulations for the Indian women’s cricket team’s victory in Asia Cup.
Speaker Sumatra Mahajan disallowed all notices of Adjournment Motion.
Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm.
Long queues for cash withdrawal continue to be spotted in Delhi.
Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 12 pm.
Minutes after beginning the Lok Sabha moved on to Question Hour as no consensus was reached on the whether demonetisation should be debated under Rule 56 or Rule 193.
Leader of opposition, Ghulam Nabi Azad introduced the topic of demonetisation in Rajya Sabha informing the House that even the ATM at the parliamentary premises in non-functional.
Other MPs joined him and said that people haven’t been paid their wages due to the liquidity crisis since the implementation of demonetisation.
As the opposition started raising slogans, Rajya Sabha Speaker PJ Kurien asked the House to start the debate saying that “Only remedy is discussion, shouting slogan is no remedy. There is an anarchy in the House. I will not adjourn.”
Rajya Sabha commences with obituary reference to Bekal Utsahi and Dr Mahavir, former MPs who passed away.
TMC leaders stage protest against demonetisation in front of the state of Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament premises.
The opposition’s demand remain same as before, that is, the discussion on demonetisation be held under Rule 56 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi issues an apology for saying that the opposition supports black money.
The demonetisation move was announced nearly a month ago and ever since, it has had a domino effect on the economy and popular mood of the public.
With only 10 days left in the Winter Session of the Parliament, not much headway has been made, as there have been constant disruptions by the Opposition, demanding an apology for the inconvenience that has been caused by the note ban and discussions be held under Rule 56 as opposed to the government’s suggestion of Rule 193.
A roadblock hits the government and people every step of the way, with winding queues and dwindling cash reserves.
- Of all the deposited cash, only 3.4 per cent or 1.39 lakh fake notes with a face value of Rs 9.63 crore have been returned to the banking system by 27 November. It’s much lower than the ISI estimate of Rs 400 crore being in fake notes. (The Times of India)
- The passage of GST looks slim in this Parliament session as the non-NDA states are fighting for administrative control with the Centre. (Livemint)
- Calling demonetisation the “biggest scam”, the Congress has demanded a white paper from the government, asking who was consulted before the announcement of the note ban move. (PTI)
- The Central government announced an incentive of Rs 10 for individuals who have have shifted to online payment mode and undertaken at least two successful digital transaction. (The Quint)
The I-T department rejected one set of cash declaration worth Rs 2 lakh crore made in the Income Declaration Scheme. The declarants were found to be persons of suspicious nature and very small means and it’s a possibility that the declarations could have been misused. (The Quint)
A 70-year-old farmer collapsed and died while filling a withdrawal form at a public sector bank in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district. The number of deaths related to demonetisation, with people collapsing in bank queues, is steadily rising. (Read the full story on The Quint)
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