Parliament LIVE Updates: Can by no means flip our eyes away from racism, says Jaishankar on Oxford University row

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha on Monday. (ANI)Parliament Today Live Updates: Responding to a query on the current Oxford University racism row, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar mentioned we are able to by no means flip our eyes away from racism.
“As land of Mahatma Gandhi, we can never ever turn our eyes away from racism. Particularly so when it is in a country where we have such a large diaspora. We’ve strong ties with UK. We’ll take up such matters with great candour when required,” he mentioned, including, “We will monitor these developments very very closely. We will raise it when required and we will always champion the fight against racism and other forms of intolerance.”
Meanwhile, AAP MP Sanjay Singh Monday gave a Suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha beneath rule 267 over the continuing farmers’ protest at Delhi’s borders and in at the very least 4 states. BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav has given Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over the “epidemic proportion of cancer in the country” whereas BJP MP Ashok Bajpai has given an analogous discover over the demand for inclusion of Awadhi language in eighth schedule to the Constitution.
In the Lok Sabha, dialogue and voting on the calls for for grants beneath the management of the Ministry of Railways is more likely to happen right now. Discussion and voting on The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and Demands for Grants beneath the management of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for 2021-22 are additionally scheduled to happen.
EAM Jaishankar is more likely to make a press release in each homes concerning current developments pertaining to the welfare of Indians overseas, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and individuals of Indian Origin (PIOs) throughout the pandemic. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is scheduled to maneuver a Bill to declare sure establishments of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management to be the establishments of nationwide significance
Discussions on the working of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Tourism are additionally scheduled to happen within the Rajya Sabha.
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Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha had been adjourned on Friday amid protests by Opposition members over the rising gas costs.
Last week, a number of Congress members had been within the Well, demanding a rollback of the gas worth hikes. DMK members had been seen standing at their seats whereas Trinamool Congress (TMC) members didn’t protest. Earlier, Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised a problem of what he known as the “digital divide” in the home. Chowdhury alleged that the Lok Sabha tv doesn’t present what the opposition says whereas solely broadcasting the treasury benches’ statements. Speaker Birla requested him if he needed the individuals within the nation to see the slogan elevating and disruptions. Chowdhury mentioned protests had been additionally a part of parliamentary proceedings.