Parliament Monsoon Session live updates | Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 p.m. amidst Opposition protests

Here are the updates from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha during day 11 of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament

Both the Houses of the Parliament saw their first adjournment minutes after they assembled on Monday, the 11th day of the Monsoon Session.

Earlier, after days of protest and several suspensions over its demand, a discussion on price rise is listed in the Lok Sabha for Monday and in the Rajya Sabha the next day. Even though after a discussion on price rise, the Opposition is likely to demand a discussion on the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme.

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The government has also listed two bills — The Central Universities(Amendment) Bill, 2022 to be introduced and the The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 — to be discussed and passed in the Lok Sabha.

The Upper House too will consider two Bills will for and passing on Monday — the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005; and a Bill to provide for the national measures for protecting the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems and to give effect to the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. Both these Bills have been passed by the Lok Sabha.

Live updates:

Opposition members began protesting and raising slogans with the commencement of the House proceedings even as Speaker Om Birla requested them to let the House function.