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Winter Session: Both Houses of Parliament adjourned after obituary references to Vajpayee, others

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan read out the obituary references to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Somnath Chatterjee, Union Minister Ananth Kumar, and sitting MPs Bhola Singh, MI Shanavas and Mohammad Asrarul Haque

Winter Session: Both Houses of Parliament adjourned after obituary references to Vajpayee, others

PM Narendra Modi addresses the media outside Parliament House in New Delhi before the start of the Winder Session on 11 December. (Photo: PIB)

Both Houses of Parliament, which assembled on Tuesday for winter session,  were adjourned for the day after paying obituary references to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and four sitting members.

Soon after session began, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan read out the obituary references to Vajpayee, Chatterjee, Union Minister Ananth Kumar, and sitting MPs Bhola Singh, MI Shanavas and Mohammad Asrarul Haque.

She adjourned the House for the day after the obituary references.

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In Rajya Sabha, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu paid tributes to the late MPs before adjourning the House for the day.

The Winter Session of Parliament will end on January 8.

Earlier in the day, before the start of the session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the media outside Parliament and said he hoped the session would be constructive and members would participate in debates on key issues concerning the public and work towards resolving them. He also hoped the winter session would function more than its stipulated time.

Modi urged leaders of all parties to utilise the Winter Session for public interest rather than political interests.

“I am confident that political parties will keep public interest in mind and make use of this session to utilise it for furthering public interests and not parties interests,” he told reporters.

Modi said this Winter Session of Parliament was important and everyone should participate in discussion.

“There should be debate, discussion and dialogue,” he said.

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