February 10, 2018
Part 1 of 2018 Budget Session: Relevant issues raised by Trinamool, on the Budget and during the Motion of Thanks
The first part of the 2018 Budget Session was a short session of eight days. The Budget was presented on February 1.
MPs from Trinamool Congress presented well-appreciated replies on the President’s Address and the Union Budget. Questions were asked on relevant issues like manual scavenging, advertisement of junk food, etc.
Controversy erupted when a part of the telecast of Derek O’Brien’s speech during the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address was disrupted by Rajya Sabha TV. Opposition parties supported the AITC on its view that the full speech must be telecast. Ultimately it was re-telecast on February 9.
LOK SABHA
Question Hour
Saugata Roy asked a Question on subscribers of BSNL & MTNL.
Ratna De Nag asked a Question on evaluation of prominent/major schemes.
Partha Pratim Roy asked a Question about advertisement of junk food.
Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address
Kalyan Banerjee spoke during the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar spoke during the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address.
Union Budget
Saugata Roy spoke on the Union Budget.
Dinesh Trivedi spoke on the Union Budget.
RAJYA SABHA
Zero Hour
Derek O’Brien spoke during Zero Hour on the Government’s plan to remove eight railway routes in Bengal and thus deprive the state, and on fuel price hike.
Vivek Gupta spoke on the demand for national holidays on Swami Vivekananda and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthdays.
Manish Gupta spoke on manual scavenging in India.
Question Hour
Manish Gupta asked a Question on production of honey
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy asked Supplementary Questions on welfare measures for small and marginal farmers.
Point of Order
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy made a Point of Order on disruption by treasury benches.
Derek O’Brien made a Point of Order regarding disruption in the House.
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy made a Point of Order on disorder in the House.
Interventions
Derek O’Brien made an intervention on the muzzling of Opposition voices in the Rajya Sabha.
Derek O’Brien protested the stoppage of broadcast of a Trinamool Congress speech in the Rajya Sabha on RSTV.
Derek O’Brien made an intervention regarding the proper running of the House.
Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy spoke during Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address.
Derek O’Brien spoke during the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address.
Union Budget
Manas Bhuniya spoke on the Union Budget.
Derek O’Brien spoke on the Union Budget.
Derek O’Brien asked questions during the Minister’s reply on the Union Budget.
It was a session during which, because of Trinamool Congress’ efforts, several issues of national importance came to the fore.
