PARLIAMENT DIARY

LUNCHEON RECEPTION ORGANISED BY ANDHRA MP FOR VENKAIAH NAIDU

NDA vice-president nominee M Venkaiah Naidu has been receiving requests from MPs of his home state to visit their official bungalow for felicitation. Known for his special appetite for home-made food, many MPs have sent requests to the leader to have lunch or dinner with them. After being elected as the vicepresident, protocol of movements will prevent him from going to any politician’s house. That’s why a TDP MP from Elluru, Venkashwara Rao Maganatti, organised a luncheon reception for the vice-president nominee. Not only that, he had brought various types of fish, including tiger prawn from Vijaywada, by a special flight. As Mr Naidu can not visit each and every MP, most of the Andhra MPs were invited to Mr Rao’s place.

SP PATRIARCH MULAYAM BREAKS RANKS WITH THE OPPOSITION

On Wednesday, most of the Opposition parties MPs, including Sonia Gandhi, walked out of the Lok Sabha in protest against farmers suicide in different parts of the country. Two Samajwadi Party MPs also walked out with the other Opposition parties, showing solidarity. Only veteran SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was seen sitting in the front Opposition benches. Some MPs tried to convince him to join them, but he refused. On the other hand, he raised the issue of India-China border standoff. All the Opposition leaders, in their morning meeting, had decided to raise the farmers plight jointly, but Mr Singh took a different issue altogether, which the Opposition parties had decided to raise later in the session.

MPs TAKE GROUP PHOTOGRAPH INSIDE LOK SABHA CHAMBER

On Wednesday, after the Lok Sabha was adjourned for lunch, TDP MP Jitendra Reddy and three other MPs were seen taking a group photograph with Union science and technology minister Harsha Vardhan inside the Lok Sabha, which is not allowed. The MP asked the Lok Sabha reporter to click a photograph with his mobile phone to which he duly obliged. When some correspondent enquired with the security staff on whether MPs are allowed to take photographs inside the Lok Sabha, the reply was in the negative.

DEMAND FOR AMBEDKAR, NETAJI TO BE DECLARED ‘RASHTRAPITA’

Independent MP from Bihar Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Jadav, on Wednesday raised a demand during the Zero Hour that Babasaheb Ambedkar and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose should be declared as ‘’Rashtrapita (Father of the Nation)”.

In this ongoing Monsoon Session, dalit issue is getting importance almost everyday in Parliament.