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August 6, 2016

Monsoon Session – Week 3 in Parliament: Trinamool takes up urgent issues

Monsoon Session – Week 3 in Parliament: Trinamool takes up urgent issues

Trinamool Congress raised various issues in both the Houses of the Parliament during the week and urged the Government to take appropriate steps.

In Rajya Sabha, the Trinamool Congress utilised the Zero Hour, the Question Hour and the Calling Attention Motions to the fullest and took part in several discussions. The GST Bill was at last passed unanimously, after the different issues had been adequately addressed.

A total of 27 MPs from the party spoke on various issues during Question Hour, Zero Hour and legislative business (including discussions on Bills, Short Duration Discussions and Calling Attentions Motions), and presented a Special mention.

Given below is a list of the issues along with the links to their speeches.

Question Hour

  • Kanwar Deep Singh in Rajya Sabha on the clearance of environmental projects in West Bengal | http://goo.gl/AAjXNf

 

Zero Hour

  • Vivek Gupta in Rajya Sabha on the alleged move to shift the Tea Board HQ from Kolkata to Guwahati | http://goo.gl/vy3fzl
  • Sukhendu Sekhar Roy in Rajya Sabha on TPAs cheating Mediclaim policyholders | http://goo.gl/RcTWZS
  • Ahamed Hassan Imran in Rajya Sabha on the operations of Alliance Air in Kolkata | http://goo.gl/t8wzkP
  • Derek O’Brien in Rajya Sabha asked for a clarification from the Home Minister on the media blackout of his speech during the SAARC Summit | http://goo.gl/2Pk4ia
  • Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar in Lok Sabha on the need to preserve the cultural heritage of Chandraketugarh | http://goo.gl/qllVPW
  • Mamata Bala Thakur in Lok Sabha on safety of female passengers on the Bongaon-Sealdah railway route | http://goo.gl/EXM7ja
  • Ratna De Nag in Lok Sabha on augmentation in the service of EMU trains in her constituency | http://goo.gl/gC6AM5
  • Arpita Ghosh in Lok Sabha on harassment of local people in border areas by the BSF | http://goo.gl/hA8VsG

 

Discussions

  • Derek O’Brien in Rajya Sabha on the widespread religious fundamentalism prevailing in the country | http://goo.gl/yef6JT
  • Dola Sen in Rajya Sabha on The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 | http://goo.gl/R8ADc4
  • Derek O’Brien in Rajya Sabha raised a Point of Order on the amendments to the GST Bill leaking on to TV channels | http://goo.gl/JfXvse
  • Debabrata Bandyopadhyay in Rajya Sabha on The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 | http://goo.gl/fKlRcL
  • Sukhendu Sekhar Roy in Rajya Sabha on the regular increasing of kerosene price by the Centre | http://goo.gl/WqwOfO
  • Derek O’Brien in Rajya Sabha during the Calling Attention Motion on the diversion of funds from EPFO to stock market | http://goo.gl/x9uUng
  • Md Nadimul Haque in Rajya Sabha on The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 | http://goo.gl/mYPt1W
  • Vivek Gupta in Rajya Sabha on The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2016 | http://goo.gl/5rV1we
  • Sukhendu Sekhar Roy in Rajya Sabha during the Short Duration Discussion on the powers of the Governor | http://goo.gl/BAKFbW
  • Saugata Roy in Lok Sabha on The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debt Laws & Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 | http://goo.gl/dDHOkq
  • Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar in Lok Sabha during a Short Duration Discussion on sustainable development goals (SDGs) | http://goo.gl/p1GrhF
  • Abhishek Banerjee in Lok Sabha on the Supplementary Demands for Grants (2016-17) | http://goo.gl/L0IQ8s
  • Sugata Bose in Lok Sabha intervened during a discussion on Supplementary Demands for Grants (2016-17) | http://goo.gl/goZkkB
  • Idrish Ali in Lok Sabha during a Short Duration Discussion on sustainable development goals (SDGs) | http://goo.gl/ChzOaA

 

Special Mention