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The Rajya Sabha debates the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, following its passage in the Lok Sabha. With the NDA holding a slight numerical advantage in the Upper House, the bill, if approved, will proceed to the President for final assent.

The expulsion of Basangouda Patil Yatnal has deepened the uncertainty in the Karnataka BJP. The state party is struggling with internal dissidence, delaying progress towards a unified leadership with Vijayendra's position as president still unresolved.

The Rajya Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill after a 15-hour debate, with 128 votes in favor and 95 against. The bill, already approved by the Lok Sabha, now awaits the President's assent. Minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju defended the bill, asserting it involves both Muslims and non-Muslims.

The budget session of parliament resumes with several controversies simmering, including Trump's tariff comments, duplicate voter ID cards, and the three-language policy. Parliament will discuss the ongoing violence in Manipur and the Waqf amendment bill, with the government seeking approval for President’s rule in Manipur. The state’s budget is also up for discussion.

Delhi high court has granted a 2-day parole to MP Engineer Rashid to attend the Budget session on February 11 and 13. Rashid, elected from Baramulla in 2024, is currently held in Tihar Jail since his 2019 arrest by NIA in a terror-funding case that involves connections to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen leaders.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh emphasized unity in governance at Invest Karnataka 2025, urging states and the Centre to cooperate for India's development. He praised Bengaluru's potential in AI and hailed the event as a symbol of cooperative federalism. Singh encouraged investors to believe in India's growth, citing GST as a successful economic reform.

The upcoming budget session of parliament is set to be stormy with BJP on Monday announcing that it would raise issues like the VVIP chopper deal and home minister Sushilkumar Shinde's remarks on saffron terror as soon as the House opens on Thursday.

With BJP raring to put the UPA in the dock on a number of issues including Volcker controversy the budget session is expected to be stormy.

In a rare development, the budget session of parliament was prorogued on Tuesday night bang in the middle of it to enable the government to issue an ordinance for authorizing expenditure beyond April 1 in the centrally-ruled Uttarakhand in view of the political crisis in the state.

The budget session of parliament will commence on January 31 and subject to the exigencies of government business, is likely to conclude on April 3 with a recess in between, an official communication said on Wednesday. President Kovind will address a joint sitting of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha in the central hall of Parliament at 11 am on January 31.

Sonia Gandhi urges the government to expedite the population census, highlighting that 14 crore people are deprived of food security benefits as NFSA quotas are based on the outdated 2011 Census. NFSA is crucial for food and nutritional security, especially during crises like Covid-19.

The budget session of parliament has been formally convened with President Pranab Mukherjee summoning both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to meet from February 23.

As the budget session of parliament resumes on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he looks forward to a productive session, filled with constructive debates on several issues.

The budget session of parliament is likely to be scheduled from June 4 and the Cabinet is expected to clear the proposal at its meeting on Thursday.

The budget session of parliament is likely to begin on February 23 as the Cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs headed by home minister Rajnath Singh meets on February 4 to finalize the broad schedule. Usually, the budget session begins in the third week of February and concludes early May.

The Delhi poll result reignites the debate within the INDIA bloc regarding leadership, with Congress blamed for AAP’s defeat and BJP’s return after 27 years. The opposition's disunity is highlighted as a critical factor in their failure, with calls for the Congress to lead a united front.