Monsoon session of Parliament begins today

19 Jul 2021

Image depicting parliament, News update - 5 January 2021

Monsoon session of Parliament begins today

Monsoon session of Parliament begins todayThe 2021 Monsoon session of the Indian Parliament started today. The parliament has three sessions every year - The Budget session (February to May), the Monsoon session (July to September) and the Winter session (November to mid-December).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they had earlier shortened three sessions of Parliament and also cancelled the winter session last year.

The session today began on an argumentative note which prevented PM Modi from introducing his newly-inducted Union ministers to the Parliament.

One of the main points of contention was the recent news of the 'Pegasus' app. This is spyware that an Israeli company developed. A report emerged yesterday that the phones of Indian politicians and journalists were hacked using it. As only governments can use it, the opposition protested against the government. But the government says it has not used it for such purposes

As disruptions continued, the Chair adjourned both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha till 11 am tomorrow.

New members of parliament (MPs) took their oaths today. Rajya Sabha also members paid their respects to people who passed away this year, including Milkha Singh.
Protest against farm laws
The Shiromani Akali Dal party also staged a protest against the Centre's farm laws outside Parliament.

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