Congress Protest Against Sushma on Lalit Modi issue

The Congress and other Opposition members continued their protests against the suspension of MPs from the Lok Sabha, on Friday. They staged a sit in dharna at the Parliament House.

Lok Sabha fails to reconvene after lunch for want of quorum. Secretary General says it will meet after some time. Defence Ministry has started fresh cost negotiations with the US firm Sikorsky for purchase of 16 multi-role naval helicopters, Lok Sabha was told on Friday.In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said 61 were martyred in 2012 and 54 in 2013.Both Houses of Parliament today paid homage to the martyrs



of freedom struggle on the eve of 73rd anniversary of the Quit India movement.Government has decided that Aadhaar enrolment of Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin and Overseas Citizen of India should be eventually allowed to help them authenticate their identity digitally Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda informs Rajya Sabha in a written reply that the “government has not restarted consultation with any political party or other stake holder” on the bill which had lapsed following the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha.CPI(M) protests at Parliament House demanding action against Shivraj Chouhan, Vasundhara Raje and Sushma Swaraj. Photo V. Sudershan