Rajya Sabha

Sagarika Ghose’s speech on The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025

Mausam Noor’s Supplementary Question on the reasons for the Union government’s not instituting climate-specific independent scientific assessments for centrally-protected monuments

Saket Gokhale’s Supplementary Question on the vetting mechanism and liability for the private players being involved by the Union government in conservation work

Mamata Thakur’s Zero Hour mention on the demand for a Bengal regiment

Prakash Chik Baraik’s Zero Hour mention on the demand for payment of the money due to Bengal on account of assistance to flood-affected people in northern Bengal

SaketGokhale’s speech on The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025

Sushmita Dev’s speech on Repealing and Amending Bill, 2025

Ritabrata Banerjee’s Zero Hour mention on the demand for the inclusion of the nine young Bengali revolutionaries who gunned down British district magistrates in NCERT’s school textbooks

Saket Gokhale’s Zero Hour mention on starting direct flights from Kolkata to the US and Europe

Prakash Chik Baraik’s speech on The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025

Md Nadimul Haque’s speech on The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025

Sushmita Dev’s Zero Hour mention on the lack of industries in the Barak Valley of Assam

Ritabrata Banerjee’s Supplementary Questions on pending dues to states for KMS and it it’s being used as leverage, and why India lacks adequate scientific storage capacities for rice and wheat

Dola Sen’s Supplementary Question on whether the Union government can stop privatising the port hospitals across the country as it negatively affecting everyone concerned

Leader of Party in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien’s speech on Election Reforms, mentioning the three Ds of Divide, Distract and Deflect, and the Union government’s unwillingness to discuss the other burning issues of MGNREGS

Md Nadimul Haque’s supplementary question, asking the Minister to confirm the Bengal government’s full cooperation on oil exploration by ONGC

Derek O’Brien’s intervention, urging the Chair to not allow heckling when a Member is speaking

Mamata Thakur’s speech on Election Reforms

Md Nadimul Haque’s Point of Order, requesting the Chair to delete everything in speeches not related to Election Reforms

Saket Gokhale’s Point of Order on the right of the Chair to direct Members to not mention anything irrelevant to the topic of discussion, in this case, Election Reforms

Samirul Islam’s Zero Hour mention on including the Kurmali, Rajbanshi and Kamtapuri languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution

Sagarika Ghose’s Zero Hour mention on the harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers who are bona fide citizens of the country

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s Point of Order on the removal of the irrelevant points of a speech from the parliamentary records

Dola Sen‘s speech during the discussion on Election Reforms

Md Nadimul Haque’s Zero Hour mention on the urgent need to strengthen the Right to Information Act

Derek O’Brien’s suggestion to the Chair to increase the number of selected Zero Hour mentions in the ballot from 15 to 18

Dola Sen’s Supplementary Question on the Union government’s policy, if any, to protect deep-sea fishermen through compensation and rehabilitation

Ritabrata Banerjee’s speech during the discussion on the 150th anniversary of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s speech during the discussion on the 150th anniversary of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’

Mausam Bennazir Noor’s supplementary question on the Union government’s plans to increase production of speciality fertilisers as 95% is imported from China

Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien’s Point of Order on his party’s MP’s right to include the Pahalgam and New Delhi blasts, and the Home Ministry in his speech as The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill has the words ‘National Security’ in it

Saket Gokhale’s speech on The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill 2025, comparing Swasthya Sathi and Ayushman Bharat

Sagarika Ghose’s Supplementary Questions on Union government’s plans for providing affordable housing for migrant labour and 47% PM Awas Yojana houses remaining unoccupied

Mamata Thakur’s Supplementary Question on the Union government’s plans regarding Matua refugees and illegally expelling Hindu citizens in the name of implementing SIR

Ritabrata Banerjee’s Zero Hour mention on making Poila Baisakh the foundation day of Bengal

Rajya Sabha MP Md Nadimul Haque’s Zero Hour mention on the Finance Minister’s misleading figures on companies in Bengal and the need for improving youth skilling schemes

Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik’s Zero Hour mention on the lack of any initiative by the Ministry of Railways, despite assurances, to construct railway overbridges in Alipurduar district

Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien’s Point of Order on the democratic right of every Member to raise a Point of Order, and the Minister not laying the topic of electoral reforms on the floor of the house despite being decided in the BAC meeting

Rajya Sabha MP Mohammed Nadimul Haque’s Special Mention on the need to improve India’s manufacturing sector

Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose’s speech on The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s Point of Order on the rule that a Member, while speaking, should not make allegations against another Member of the House

Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev’s speech on the Statutory Resolution on adopting the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 202 in the state of Manipur

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s supplementary questions on the need for the government to publish an ethical code of conduct for NCEL and the reason the 11,500 state cooperatives are not represented on the board of NCEL

Rajya Sabha Leader Derek O’Brien’s intervention, defending every word Dola Sen spoke on Centre depriving Bengal of funds

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen’s speech during Zero Hour on the renaming of Raj Bhavan in Bengal to Lok Bhavan

Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien’s Point of Order, quoting Rule 176, urging a discussion on SIR as demanded by 14 Opposition parties because people are dying due to suicides

Intervention by Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien, requesting the Chair to ask the government to urgently initiate a discussion on electoral reforms

MP Derek O’Brien, Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, welcoming the new Chairman of Rajya Sabh